School: Dún Flainn (roll number 9669)
- Location:
- Doonflin Upper, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Maolagáin
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- Oftentimes people suffer from Thrush or as the old people call it a foul mouth. The cure of this was if a child was born without seeing his or her father, he or she blew into the person's mouth that was effected and then the thrush would disappear.
- As regards the whooping cough there are several cures for it. You got a ferret and gve him more milk than he could drink. Whatever was left was given to the patient and that cured him. It is still carried on - tried in next townland on 2/3/38. Another cure was and is if you met a man on the road with a white horse and asked him what is the cure for the whooping cough whatever he told you to do and you did ti that also cured. Another cure was(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Ambrose Beglane
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Laragh, Co. Sligo