School: Dunally (roll number 12752)
- Location:
- Doonally, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Florence Egan
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- The seventh son or daughter in a family without a break, will have the cure for ringworm. The person son or daughter as it maybe, warms their hand to the fire and puts it on the mark three days in succession.
A child whose father and mother are of the one name has a cure for erysipleas.
A cure for mumps is to put a donkey's bridle around the person's neck and pull them across a river three times.
Dandelion is a cure for a weak heart.
Mountain sage is a cure for dropsy.
Garlic is good for a cold.
Water-cress is a cure for a weak heart.
An Ivy leaf is a cure for a corn.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Kitty Rooney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Faughts, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Mrs K Rooney
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 56