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School: Ross (roll number 12789)

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Ross, Co. Meath
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Cáit Bean Uí Mhaoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0718, Page 068

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  1. Local Cures (continued)

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    Monday and Thursday.
    A worm is put in the child's hand at birth and squeezed till it dies.
    A posthumous child has the cure of thrush or sore mouth. The cure is made by blowing into the mouth.
    An ailment called a Rose is cured with water from a holy well in the townland of Clontiduffy. If a woman has the "rose" a man has to get the water for her and if a man has the rose a woman must get the water for him
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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
    Mary Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tonagh, Co. Cavan