School: Ballinacree (B.) (roll number 13965)
- Location:
- Ballynacree, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Pádraic Ó Connachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0717, Page 150
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- (continued from previous page)Roasted Potatoes
Another sure cure for the mumps is to roast a number of potatoes and put them into a stocking and tie the stocking around your neck.
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- Collector
- Micheál O Baoighealláin
- Gender
- Male
- The Rose
The marriage ring
The cure for the rose is rub a marriage ring across it and make the sign of the cross three times and the rose will go.(continues on next page)
