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School: Rahugh (roll number 12905)

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Rahugh, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
P. Ó Maonghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0732, Page 186

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    then lick the burn and it would get better
    Whooping Cough
    If a person had the whooping cough they used to go three times out under the asses stomach and over the asses back.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Cancer
    I heard it said that in olden times people uses to cure Cancer. There is a certain herb called the Sweet Meadow Grass and it would be put on the part of the person that the cancer was appearing on nine times.
    A pain in the ear
    I heard it said that in olden times when people would burn an Ash tree they would gather the juice of it and put in inside on the ear.
    Consumption
    I heard it said that there was a cow in Connacht and that any body that would drink its milk would be cured.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Lee
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Garryduff, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Patrick Lee
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Garryduff, Co. Westmeath