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School: Baile na n-Éan (Birdstown) (roll number 16090)

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Birdstown Demesne, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
P. Mac Fhlaithbheartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1109, Page 413

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    Local Cures
    In old days the people used to put water in their mouth and stand with their back to the fire for a cure for the toothache.
    The skin of an eel was used for a sprained wrist. They rolled the skin round the wrist. The root of an Orange Lily was used for a beeling in olden times.
    Goose oil is used for a stuffing in the chest or bronchitis.
    One time my brother and I had the whooping cough and we gave the donkey a piece of bread. when the donkey dropped the crumbs we had to eat them and go under the donkey three times. There is a well up in Greenane for curing sore eyes.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Mc Clay
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumadooey, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs S. Mc Clay
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    60