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School: Lorrha (B.) (roll number 600)

Location:
Lorrha, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Cróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0530, Page 053

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    When people got the whooping cough the cure long ago was to go out under a donkey so many times. A golden wedding ring is able to cure a sty in your eye by making the sign of the cross with the ring. When people have chilblains they put paraffin oil on them. Any person the name of Walsh is supposed to be able to cure wildfire by bleeding their finger and making the sign of the cross. A bleeding nose is stopped by putting the key of a door down the person back. In olden days there was a man in every parish that had old cures.
    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
    Donnchadha Ó Grógáin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Grange, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    James Hough
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    37
    Address
    Ballymacegan, Co. Tipperary