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1. Local Cures (continued)

   

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   some ailment in the stomach. He had a certain ashtree and he took down a branch of it and made a round ring of it and let the person in and out through the ring three times and they were cured. The person had to go there three times before they were cured.
   It is said there was a mare in Crumlin belonging to a man named Peter Leddy and this mare had a foal and the foal used to have milk and it is said there was a cure in the milk and many people used to go there. They had to rub the milk on the sore spot. This mare is dead now and the man that owned her.
   It is said there is a well called Tuber Ora near the village of Ballinagh in the County Cavan and it is said there is the cure of warts in it's waters. There is a stone just at this well and on that stone there in a stone a pin is sitting and the person has to stick the warts with that pin and leave it down on the stone again.
   There is a man in my district called Mr. McCann who has the cure of warts He comes for nine days after each other and prays over the warts. On the last day he hides

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kathleen Hyland

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Clarebane, Co. Cavan

   Informant

   Dan Hyland

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Clarebane, Co. Cavan