School: Aodh Rua, Dún na nGall (roll number 13382)
- Location:
- Donegal, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Séamus Mag Shamhráin
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- For toothache People who have toothache and wish to be cured go to a blacksmith and beg for a donkey's shoe which they rub on the tooth three times.
For mumps Any person being the first born child of a father and mother of one surname can cure the mumps. He or she puts donkey's winkers on the suferes and leads then to a well where they take three mouth fulls of water and bliss them-selves at the same time. This is done for three days and then the mumps disappear.
For warts A cure for warts is to rub the warts with a black snail and then hang it on a bush and as the snail withers so does the warts.
For measles The cure for measles is to pull(continues on next page)- Collector
- Joseph Cassidy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Donegal, Co. Donegal