School: Kiffa
- Location:
- Kiffagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Helen Dinneen
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- (continued from previous page)Some people often took a pain in their stomach and they called it a colic. They believed that the cure for it was hot sweet milk and gun powder mixed and they would drink that.
Another cure they believed in was when people have a pain in their back. There was a certain man who had the cure named Mr James Williamson, Ceurfad, Lavey, he would leave them lying on the ground and he would walk on their back and they were not allowed to swear for so many days afterwardsAdina Heaney, Drumeagle, Crosserlough, Co Cavan Material obtained from
Mr Thomas Boylan, Drumeagle, Crosserlough, Co Cavan- Collector
- Adina Heaney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumegil, Co. Cavan
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- Mr Thomas Boylan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drumegil, Co. Cavan