School: Forgney, Ballymahon (roll number 860)

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1. Erysipelas

   

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   Mrs Shaw of Cloncullen, Ballymahon, made a plaster from herbs and plants which she collected locally, for the cure of Erysipelas. It was widely used. She died about twenty-five years ago, and the family left the district and went to reside in Dublin. The secret of the cure was not imparted to any one in the district, but it is known that Crowfoot was used in the plaster.

   

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2. Folk Cures and Charms

   

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   Chin-cough 1. Let the god. father of the child suffering from Chin- cough, tie a red ribbon round the patient's throat. 2. The mother of the child rolls a few hairs out of the child's head around a small piece of meat. She throws this piece of meat to a dog. If the child is a girl, the meat is given to a female dog. If a boy- to a male. 3. Let the child pass under a she-ass

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   James Toole

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   13

   Address

   Clooncallow, Co. Longford

   Informant

   E. Toole

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Clooncallow, Co. Longford