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School: Skerries (St. Patrick's : Girls) (roll number 16333)

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Skerries, Co. Dublin
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Caitlín Cadhla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0784, Page 178

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    other, the seventh is supposed to have healing powers.
    There was a man in Loughshinney, his name was Ryan, he was called the bone-settler and people used to go to him when they broke their leg or arm, and he would settle them.
    There is an old cure for coughs; get a Spanish onion and slice it, put brown sugar on a slice and put another slice over it and make it like a sandwich, and leave it till morning and it will change into syrup and take a spoonful every morning.
    Collected from
    her grandmother who died 2 yrs
    ago - aged 78
    Essie Fanning 23rd November 1937.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Essie Fanning
    Gender
    Female