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School: Achadh na Sealbhaighe (roll number 15344)

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Aghnashalvy, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
T. Maguidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0952, Page 057

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    Many cures of a more or less novel description have been in use for a very considerable time in this district and one of these was a cure for mumps. To cure this complaint it was customary for the person suffering from this disease to have an ass’s halter put around his (her) head or neck and to be led by another individual three times across a south running stream. It was usual also to place the ass across the stream and then pass the patient under the animals’ belly, three times, but I
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Connolly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derryleedigan (Jackson), Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Mrs Ellen Connolly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derryleedigan (Jackson), Co. Monaghan