School: Crossdoney (roll number 10811)
- Location:
- Crossdoney, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Miss Elizabeth Rea
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0990, Page 317
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- In olden days there were cures for most ailments. The tooth-ache was supposed to be eased by rubbing with a frog. A frog fastened in some way over the heart, was a cure for nose bleeding. Milk left over by a ferret was the cure for whooping-cough. Some people have a cure for sprains. They pray, and rub the part 3 times. The patient must have faith to be cured, & if it is a man has this cure, before he died he must pass it on to a women. Then the women must pass it on to a man.The cure for mumps is for the person to be led with asses reins around the pig-sty.In olden times people visited holy-wells, & washed in the water to cure eye troubles. There were also wishing wells. There are none of these wells in this district.Seventh sons were supposed to be born with a cure.
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