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School: Carrigans (B.)

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Carrigan, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
P. Ó Dochartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0991, Page 072

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    wells in Carrick a tubar rocks Crosskeys which have cures for the toothache and sick people go to visit them.
    Warts:
    If a person has warts and accidentally finds a snail and rubs it to them and puts the snail on a thorn the warts will wither when the snail withers.
    Mumps:
    The person who has mumps gets another person to put a donkey's winkers on him and drives him round inside the pigsty three times.
    Sprain:
    The seventh in some families has the cure of the sprain.
    Toothache:
    If a person gets a skull that has been thrown up out of a grave and pulls a tooh out of it with his teeth with his teeth he will never have toothache
    Warts:
    There are wells in some places from which cures for warts can be got by throwing a pain in them and washing the warts in them.
    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
    Michael Conlon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Shannow, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    James Conlon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Shannow, Co. Cavan