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School: Ráth na mBeach (roll number 17129)

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Rathnamagh, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
R. Ó Gallchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0148, Page 324

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    “Long ago the people had cures of their own.”

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    would go to an old woman and get a straining thread to tie round the ankle. There is another cure for the chin cough. If the mother or father of the child who had the chin cough met a man riding on a gray horse and whatever the man would say would be the cure.
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    “Long ago the old people had methods of their own for curing diseases.”

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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mairéad Ní Speláin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Woodville, Co. Mayo