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School: Ballymackney (roll number 5501)

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Ballymackney, Co. Monaghan
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P. Ó Conghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0933, Page 203

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  1. Cures (continued)

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    putting on the winkers of a donkey and driving the ill person into the pigsty and saying "Leckna Leckna Hughna Mucks go to the pigs.
    The seventh son in line can cure the chin or whooping cough.
    A gold ring taken off the finger of a married woman will cure the "Wild Fire" or "dirty mouth" when rubbed on the sore while saying the name of the blessed Trinity.
    "The Spool of the Breast being down" or a whitlow on the finger are cured by people possessing herb cures.
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  2. A Story of the Carting Days Here before 1885 when the Railway Was Built

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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Corrigan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Essexford, Co. Louth