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School: Termonfeckin (roll number 16209)

Location:
Termonfeckin, Co. Louth
Teacher:
T. Ó Corcoráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0676, Page 068

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    A long time ago there were very doctors in the Country and there was no free medical attendance. People were not so enlightened as now. The people long ago had cures of their own.
    When people long ago got a headache, they would put their heads into a pail of water to cure it. If they had a skin disease they would get a few nettle roots boil it and make a poultice of them and put it on the skin
    There is a well in Termonfeckin called Trinity well. When people had sore eyes they went to this well and washed their
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Quail
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Termonfeckin, Co. Louth