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School: Killyon (roll number 7120)

Location:
Killyon, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Brighid, Bean Uí Fithcheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0693, Page 092

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    dockel roots in porter for an hour and giving it to the sick person when it is cool.
    Cure for the Chin Cough:-
    The God Father by tying a red ribbon round the child's neck. A man in Rhode, Co. Offaly cures cancer by putting a plaster with white ointment on it on the place the cancer is.
    Cure for a thorn in the finger:-
    Mrs. Rowley, Crowboy, Hill of Down, Co. Meath cures this by putting unsalted butter to it and by making the sign of the cross on the thorn. The person
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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
    Anne Cunningham
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clondalee More, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Mrs Cunningham
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clondalee More, Co. Meath