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School: Dunleer (B.) (roll number 1306)

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Dunleer, Co. Louth
Teacher:
M. Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0673, Page 151

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    which I have heard.
    1. "Cures for the Whooping cough"
    To give milk to a ferret and if he leaves any over, to drink it.
    To put you under an ass two or three times is also the cure of the whooping cough.
    Cures for Warts.
    To find a snail without looking for it and rub it to the wart, then hang it up with a pin, and as the snail dies the wart will die.
    To dip your hand in the tub where the
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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
    Patrick King
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dunleer, Co. Louth
    Informant
    Mrs Campbell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dunleer, Co. Louth