School: Seosamh Naomhtha (roll number 16640)
- Location:
- Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: An Bráthair Naiti
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- XML “Cure for Warts”
- XML “Cure for the Mumps”
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- Collector
- Patrick Croal
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Miss Daly
- Relation
- Not a relative
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- c. 20
- Address
- Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
- A person suffering from the mumps is brought to a running stream and the person must be blindfolded. The person is then given a spoonful of water and made walk over the stream three times. This is said to cure the mumps.