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School: Baile an Doire (roll number 15156)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0257, Page 281

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    that and strain the water out of it and put it to the boil it will get cured.
    When a person has a stye on his or her eye, and if he, or she points twelve thorns off a gooseberry and throw away the last one it will get cured.
    Another cure is when a person gets burned and if he or she rubs it with bread soda it will take the pain out of it. When a person has ring-worm the seventh son will cure it. If a person had the Whooping Cough and if he, or she went under a horse's stomach three times they would get cured.
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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