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School: Baile an tSagairt (roll number 13985)

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Ballysaggart, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Prionnsias Ua Coilín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1039, Page 40

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    Cure for a Sore Throat
    1. Boil a handful of dandelions and rub the juice on the throat.
    2. Fill a stocking with heated salt and tie it around the neck.
    3. Dissolve salt in water and gargle the throat with it.
    4. Dissolve alum in water and gargle the throat with it.
    5. Fill stocking with heated onions and tie it around the throat.
    Cures for Mumps
    1. It is a cure to put the horse’s wiskers [sic] on the person having mumps and lead him to a spa well and let him drink like a horse.
    2. Sprinkle flour on face.
    3. Put donkey’s wiskers [sic] on person and lead him to stream which flows to the south and let him drink like a donkey.
    Cure for Measels
    1. Drink nettle tea.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Joe Mc Ginley
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    73
    Address
    Ballysaggart, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mary Mc Callig
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    67
    Address
    Ballysaggart, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Pat Mc Gowan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Ballysaggart, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Rob Corregan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    72
    Address
    Ballysaggart, Co. Donegal