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School: Meath Hill (roll number 7166)

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Meath Hill, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Patrick J. Connolly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0712, Page 135

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  1. Cures and Charms (continued)

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    Cure for the Plucamur (mumps)
    A man puts a halter round the patient * leads her to the piggery repeating the rhyme.
    "Leicene, leicne tugadh do lucna
    Micna, mucna tugadh do leicne"
    Cure for the Forsee (a disease in horses
    a swelling on one of the legs which spreads to the body for which there is no vetinary cure
    A Charm for it
    Special people in the district have a charm for it; he gave the horse something in a bottle like water and whispered something into the horse's ear.
    (he would not reveal the charm to anybody)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English