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School: Ladhar (C.), Bán-Tír (roll number 8665)

Location:
Lyre, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Síle, Bean Uí Chéilleachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0360, Page 125

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    The members of certain families were sometimes looked upon as having power for curing certain deseases.
    It is said that the seventh son, with no daughter in between can cure ring worm, by saying some words over it and that he could kill a worm by making the sign of the cross over it three times for nine successive mornings.
    Any person who never saw his father can cure the Craos Galar in children by breathing into the child's mouth.
    Any son born on Good Friday and Christened on Easter Sunday can cure farcy in horses
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    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
    Cáit Ní Scannláin
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Dan Scanlon
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50