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School: Currach Saileach (roll number 13800)

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Curraghsallagh, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Séamus Mag Fhloinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0243, Page 084

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    To stop bleeding :- (1) cobweb (2) feathers (3) briar leaf
    Mumps :- (1) Take person with mumps and swing it three times over the back of a black pig (2) go to the pig sty with the person that has the mumps and let it say three times "Mucla Mucla" give me the cure for the Mumps deicneach (3) marsh mallows applied to the neck
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Miceál P. Glynn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Curraghsallagh, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Joe Mc Cormack
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    82
    Address
    Kiltybranks, Co. Roscommon