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School: Doire Clathach (Derryclough), Drom Dhá Liag (roll number 11931)

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Derryclogh Lower, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Éamonn Mac Firbisigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0300, Page 038

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    Long ago people did not get as many diseases as they do nowadays. They got whooping cough, measles, plucamas, headaches, toothaches, súil circe, corns and chilblains.

    Whooping Cough.
    This was a disease also known as the chin cough that all Children got long ago. If they got this dreadful disease they put the child under a donkey nine times for nine mornings. They also gave food to a ferret and what he left after him it was given to the child to eat.
    Plucamas.
    This was a disease they got in their cheeks and neck known as the mumps. If they get this disease they hung a goats ... around their neck thinking this would banish it.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Máighréad Ní Chárthaig
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Seán Mac Gearailt
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Driminidy South, Co. Cork