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   once a day. She lay thus for four days without eating or drinking, with her feet and head stretched out flat and cold. Neighbors who came to see the heifer shook their heads and hinted darkly that she was "overlooked" and that the owner was foolish not to seek a cure for her.
   My grandfather who was a very religious man, paid no heed and did not believe in any, where medicine was not used. However under persuasion, and my mother believed more to convince his advisors of the futility of what he called "all nonsense" He consented to send to a woman who lived five miles away, who used to make cures. My mother then 11 years old and the eldest child, was the messenger. The old woman had great welcome for her when she heard who she was, and

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Lizzie Mc Hugh

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Tullynahaw, Co. Roscommon

   Informant

   Mrs Christie

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   60

   Address

   Arigna, Co. Roscommon