School: Clochar Lughaidh, Coillte Mághach
- Location:
- Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: -
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- (continued from previous page)patiently until such time as they were pleased to pay him Barrett was a remarkably gentle and patient individual and patience is the most difficult virtue to practise
This "quack" doctor strongly recommended a system of bleeding as a cure for certain human diseases, and syrup compound for others.
Barrett was an expert at bleeding sick persons and had a good practise for people affected with throat trouble or Stomach disorders, head-ache back-ache or liver. He recommended to these his syrup-compound which he never prepared until specially ordered.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Tillie Grogan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Oxford, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- James O' Regan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo