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School: Páirc an Iarla (roll number 9303)

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Rathpeak, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Ss. Ó Maonaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0273, Page 145

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    hole in it for the first time and wash the warts in it, it will be cured.
    There is one of these flags in the lands of Birchgrove, Creagh, Ballinasloe. I see it when I am going to the bog.
    When anyone had a headache long ago their heads would be measured with a tape by certain people this would cure it. This would tighten the head.
    The seventh son is a doctor, and when he is born a worm is put in his hand and the worm dies. He can cure ringworm. The seventh daughter is a fortune teller and can cure things also.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Colohan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Beagh (Brabazon), Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    John Colohan
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Beagh (Brabazon), Co. Roscommon