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School: Bláithín Íosa, Lappin (?)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1023, Page 244

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    saying these words Muc no Mucne Sen hey iso Leanne. The cure for Rickets - The child is taken to a man who is the seventh generation of a blacksmith. The child is underessed and his shirt is washed in water in which iron has been cooled. Then cure for the Dirty mouth- A man or a woman who never saw his or her father has the cure of the dirty mouth. He or she blows his breath into the person's mouth three times and says some prayers in secret.
    The bure of the Running Evil - The cure of this is held by the seventh son or daughter that is if seven sons or daughters occur in succession in a family that person has the cure.
    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
    Margorie Smith
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Miss M. A. O' Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corgreagh, Co. Cavan