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School: Kilcomreagh (roll number 9429)

Location:
Kilcumreragh, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
B. Hickey
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0733, Page 150

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    patient goes along the road till he meets a man driving a white nosed horse and asks the man what will cure the whooping cough, and then does what the man tells him to do it will cure the cough.
    Stys-
    If you pick three thorns off a gooseberry bush and, point each thorn towards the sty, saying, with the first thorn, "In the name of the Father". with the second "In the name of the Son". and with the third "In the name of the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Meaton
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    39
    Occupation
    Teacher