School: The Vale (An Gleann)
- Location:
- Leiter, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Ó Brolcháin
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- There are various cures for the whooping cough in children. A plant called Our Lady's Thistle is boiled and given to the child to give relief.
A Blacksmith whose father and grand-father were blacksmiths can cure it. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Sometimes as a result of a cold in the head the lips became inflamed or pimples arise around the mouth and nose. The old peopled cured that by casting a spit on the threshold stone of the door before the victim(continues on next page)