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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 058

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    don’t think this last part of the cure was always put in practice.
     To cure Chincough it is still the practice in this locality for someone of the house usually one of the children's parents to go to the house of some married couple in the neighborhood whose couple, were of the same surname before marriage and ask an alms for god’s sake. The person so asked would make up a little parcel containing some tea and sugar or perhaps a hard boiled egg and some bread and milk. These things were then brought home by the child’s
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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