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School: Páirc na Coille

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Woodfield, Co. Roscommon
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Énrí Ó Maolagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 188

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  1. Local Cures

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    Toothache:-
    Clay got near a hot well is a cure for toothache
    Warts:-
    Where the waters of three townlands meet together:- cure for warts
    Whooping Cough:-
    what the ferret leaves after him is a cure for the whooping cough.
    Burn:-
    The person who licks a mankeeper and hangs him on a blackthorn bush to die has the cure for burn
    Foul Mouth:-
    a person who never seen his father o
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    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
    Joseph Martin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Woodfield, Co. Roscommon