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School: Coill Bheithne, Baile Mhistéala (roll number 11286)

Location:
Kilbeheny, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Cathasaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0513, Page 560

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    ground and a person with a pain in the back crawls under it he is supposed to be cured, and also gets knowledge.
    The fasting spit rubbed three mornings in succession to a sore or a swelling is supposed to be a good cure. Sometimes people tried to hunt death by turning the bed right round so that when death came he wouldn't find the person.
    It is said that when a child had chin-cough if the food that was left after feeding a ferret was given to the child it would be cured.
    Anthony's fire was cured by a person named Cahill. The person who had this disease went to some person named Cahill and this person cut his finger and put the blood of it on the sores
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maura Walshe
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    15
    Address
    Kilbeheny, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    John Aherne
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Garryvurragha, Co. Limerick