School: Killough (roll number 9540)
- Location:
- Killulagh, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Mary Lynch
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0726, Page 216
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- The local cure for Chincough is the patient visits a woman who does not change her name on marriage. The cough is supposed to disappear when the bread is eaten.
- The cure for ringworm is unsalted butter is rubbed on the part affected the person who makes the application tells the patient to say a prayer, a Hail Mary a couple of times and the sore gradually fades away.
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- Collector
- Mary K. Lynch
- Gender
- Female
