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School: Aughrim (C.)

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Aughrim, Co. Wicklow
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Bean an Phléimeannaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0921, Page 147

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    burns.
    Cure for ringworm.
    Rub ashes of man's pipe on the ringworm.
    The seventh son or daughter has a cure for ringworm.
    In the west of Ireland the people have a cure for ringworm. This is the cure:- When the seventh son or seventh daughter is born a worm is placed on the palm of his or her hand, if she had the cure the worm dies immediately, and any person who has a ringworm goes to that person and makes three visits, one a Monday and Thursday and Monday again.
    Mollie Mason,
    Aughrim,
    Co. Wicklow
    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
    Mollie Mason
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Aughrim, Co. Wicklow