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School: Breacaire Beag (roll number 14891)

Location:
Brackary Beg, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seán Ó Brádaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0192, Page 254

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    People had an opinion that the seventh son or daughter who had a father and a mother of the same name had the cure for the mumps. That person, boy or girl, would bring a female donkey to a stream and the person having the mumps would be put in under the donkey and out over his back three times. The person having the mumps had to take a drink from the stream each time and while this was going on the donkey was kept eating out meal bread.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. mumps (~70)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Mc Guinness
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Faughary, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Peter Mc Partlin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Faughary, Co. Leitrim