School: Ballyhahill (C.) (roll number 10686)
- Location:
- Ballyhahill, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: H. Fitzgerald
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0482, Page 167
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- (continued from previous page)Social.37. Cure for Chin Cough.Give the child affected the leavings of a ferret, or ask a man riding a white horse. "Man with white horse, what would cure the chin cough?". Any remedy he gives will cure it.Cure for "Thrush".Let fasting gander breathe into child's mouth three morning's in succession or let a child born after his or her father's death blow a breath into the child's mouth.A child born into the world feet foremost can cure a pain in the "back".The water that lodges in the hollow of a stone will cure "Stye in the eye", or warts, but must be met with accidentally.
