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School: Caisleán Mathúna (B) (roll number 16202)

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Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
T. Ó Hárdaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0944, Page 163

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    Chincough – Put the child three times under a young ass foal that has never worn a saddle. Complete the cure with a drink of spring water and the juice of flax-seed.
    Measles – Any person owning a pie-bald horse has power over this disease. Whatever such person gives the sufferer to eat or drink will effect a cure.
    Rickets – This is cured by a blacksmith whose people, for three generations, have handled the sledge. The parents hold the child on the anvil, and the blacksmith makes
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    F. Mc Quaid
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan
    Collector
    V. Morris
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan