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School: Naomh Seosamh, Baile an Ruadháin (roll number 15829)

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Ballinrooaun, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Mrs Nora Lally
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0077, Page 344

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    (1) Fox - there is a cure in the tongue of the fox for thorns.
    (2) Find water in a stone without looking for it three times in succession is a cure for warts.
    (3) Moconey's plaster.
    Athair Talmhan if boiled and water drank cures Rheumatism.
    (4) Whooping Cough :- Ask a man with a white horse what is the cure for whooping cough. What ever he says is the cure.
    Burns
    (5) Rub a live Alplóchar across your tongue three times and your tongue will cure any burn.
    (6) The seventh Son is able to cure Ring Worm and also the child born after fathers death can cure mumps.
    (7) If an invalid leaves his hand on a corpse which was not anointed before death his
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Laffey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonkeen, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mark Laffey
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    43
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Cloonkeen, Co. Galway