School: Ballyfasey, Glenmore (roll number 9880)

Location:
Ballyfasy Lower, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Domhnall Mac Cárthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0845, Page 544

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0845, Page 544

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  1. A good cure for measles is sheep's dung mixed with onions and boiled in milk and the milk drunk. There is a stone in Kilcolm and if one had a pain in ones head and if his head were put in one hole, and his hands in another and his knees in another hole he would be cured. If a person had St Anthonys fire the blood of a Cahill or a black cat would cure it. A good cure for a a tootache is to fill your mouth with cold water, hold your mouth over a fire and leave the water boil in your mouth
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    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
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