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School: Maigh Locha (Cailíní)

Location:
Moylough, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Eibhlín, Bean Uí Challaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0081, Page 102

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    they put a bandage on that part of the head.
    Wildfire.
    Whenever people had wildfire they got a gold piece and they measured it with this.
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  2. Local Cures

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    Corns
    1. Sometimes long ago the people cut their corns but other people used to steal a bit of bacon and put it in the manure heap (cárnán) and when the bacon would have rotted the corn would have disappeared.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggie Niland
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Moylough, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Simon Mullin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    78
    Address
    Annaghmore East, Co. Galway