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School: Cill Bheacáin (B.) (roll number 13659)

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Bekan, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
P.S. Mac Donnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0109, Page 353a

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    In the time of our grandparents doctors and surgeons were unknown by the people. Instead quack-doctors or men who had some experience of illness resided in each district. Austin Lyons was the quack in this district and was a good bone-setter and veterinary surgeon. When doctors or bone-setters did come he excelled them all and people from Claremorris and Ballinrobe used to come to him.
    Despite the doctors the peasants had their own cures. For toothache they used to go to the grave-yard on two Mondays and one Thursday, or two Thursday and one Monday, kneel down by a grave and start praying and
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Frank Kirrane
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonbulban, Co. Mayo