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School: Baile an Doire (roll number 15156)

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Ballinderry, Co. Roscommon
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0257, Page 280

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    There are many ways in which the people long ago used to cure their ailments without going to the doctor.
    This is some of them. When a person has the Whooping Cough if his, or her godmother, or godfather puts a red tape on his, or her neck it would get cured. When a person has a wart on his, or her hand and if they wash it with water that is in a rock without looking for it, it will get cured. If you had a sore finger and hold it up to the sun it would get cured.
    If you had a boil on your hand and if you rubbed it with March Mallow it would get cured. March Mallow is a plant which grows in Marshy places. If you boil
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Mhurchadha
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballinderry, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs Fannon
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female