School: Maio (roll number 13119)
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- Trohanny, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máire Ní Chreaig
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- To cure the mumps.
The child who is sick, goes to the pig-house, and at each corner he says, "leikneak, leikneak, of the muknak, muknak, muknak, of the leikneak.To cure the measles
Boil nettle-roots, and drink the juice.To cure the dirty-mouth
Take the invalid to a person who never saw his father, and ask him to blow his breath on the invalid.To stop a cut from bleeding
Rub a fox's tongue on it.To cure the rose
Two people go to the well at Mc Cormack and fill two bottles with water,(continues on next page)