School: St Joseph's, Béal Átha Seanaigh

Location:
Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
An Br. S. Ó Murchadha
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    Long ago the people thought that if you had a "Death Nip" on your leg you would hear about the death of somebody you knew very well...

    Long ago the people thought that if you had a "Death Nip" on your leg you would hear about the death of somebody you knew very well. A “Death Nip” is a black mark with white inside it. They also thought that if you held a needle or a piece of wire in your teeth when peeling onions it would keep your eyes from watering.
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    Long ago people had many old cures. A cure for the whooping-cough was to go to the house of a man and woman of the same name before they were married and get bread from them...

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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. whooping-cough (~234)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tom Leonard
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bundoran, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs Leonard
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bundoran, Co. Donegal