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School: Kilcleagh (Mixed) (roll number 14742)

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Kilcleagh, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
S. Murphy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0744, Page 162

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    Toothache
    put pepper and ginger into it
    Ringworm
    pay three successive visits to a seventh son on Monday, Thursday and Monday.
    Measles
    give a pint of cow's milk to a ferret and whatever the ferret leaves give it to the person who has the measles to drink
    Burn
    put paraffin on it and hold it to the fire
    Whooping cough
    get a piece of red ribbon from the child's godmother and tie it round the child's neck
    Warts
    steal a piece of bacon and bury it and when the bacon withers the warts will wither.
    find a black snail, rub it to the warts and then stick the snail on a blackthorn bush; as the snail withers so will the warts
    Sore throat
    roast potatoes, put them in a
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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
    John Coughlan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clonmore, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    John Coughlan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    68
    Address
    Clonmore, Co. Westmeath