School: Lios Maol
- Location:
- Lismoyle, Co. Roscommon
- Teachers: Seán Ó Súilleabháin Eoghan Mac Seághain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0268, Page 113
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- (continued from previous page)1. If a person has the whooping cough and if a red ribbon is tied around his neck he will get better.
2. If you are bleeding after pulling a tooth stick a horse nail in your clothes and it will get better.
3. Dandelion - a cure for yellow jaundice.
4. If you got a bite from a dog some of the hair of the dog would cure it.
5. If a person had a sty on his eye he should get ten gooseberry thorns - throw one away and point the other nine at it.
6. If you had the chin cough the soup of a gráineóg would cure it.
7. The 7th son of a family can cure ring-worm by placing his hand on it every Mon. Tues and Thurs.
8. If you have a scab on your neck put a fasting spit on it and it will be cured.
