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School: Baile an Bhile (C.) (roll number 15488)

Location:
Ballinvilla Demesne, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Bríd Nic Giollachlaoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0110, Page 327

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    The cure the old people used for a sore throat was warmed salt in a cloth as a poultice.
    The fat of a goose was used to cure sprains or hurts.
    When a person would get a toothache he would put a frog into his mouth and sometimes ginger in the tooth.
    If a child had the Whooping cough or the jaundice he could be cured by passing him three times
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rosie Murray
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Patrick Murray
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tawnagh, Co. Mayo