School: Ceis (roll number 15342)
- Location:
- Kesh, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Proinnsias Ó Hainín
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- (continued from previous page)If a person drinks a drop of milk previously tasted by a ferret, the person will have this disease only in a mild form.
Measles : -
Milk in which the roots of red nettles have been boiled is supposed to be the best cure for measles.
Eaysipelas : -
A person both of whose parents bore the surname of Cryan has the cure of this disease. A drop of this person's blood is mixed with unsalted butter and rubbed on the sore spot on Mondays and Thursdays. - There were and are still certain people who have the cure for the head-fever. They say some prayers and measure the head with a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Costelloe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Greenan, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Mrs P. Henry
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Greenan, Co. Sligo