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School: Lahinch (roll number 11591)

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Lehinch, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Dónall Ó Ríordáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0621, Page 354

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    “The Cure for breast bone trouble. When a person is ailing, losing appetite and the Doctors cannot find out what is really wrong, that person goes and has his breast bone raised by a person who knows how to do it.”

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    (Sketch showing the sick person lying in bed receiving the cure for breast bone trouble: a lighted candle placed on a penny on the breast bone and covered with a tumbler. )
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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)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. fallen breastbone (~18)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Michael Finucane
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Moymore South, Co. Clare