School: Monagear (roll number 16292)
- Location:
- Monagear, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Donnchadh Ó hÉanaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0896, Page 302
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- 302Local curesThese are some of the cures that I heard from my neighbours and friends.
If you had toothache and put a frog in your mouth the toothache would go away.
If you had mumphs and drank asses milk you would be cured.
If a father and mother have the same name some of the children will have a cure.
A cure for mumps is to crawl between a young donkeys legs and drink her milk.
A cure for whooping cough is to go under a donkey's body three times and drink her milk.
When a father and mother have the same name before marriage the seventh son or daughter can cure sprains.
A cure for mumps is to put an ass's winkers on the sick person and lead him to the river for a drink.(continues on next page)
