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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 235

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  1. Local Cures

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    Tootache:-
    Clay taken from a holy well is supposed to be a great cure for a toothache and a candle burned over a corpse is also a cure for it.
    Cough:-
    Docking seeds pulled between the 15th August and the 8th September is a cure for a cough.
    Warts:-
    If the water of three townlands that meet in a spot is poured on the wart, the wart will disappear inside a month.
    Ring-Worm:-
    The seventh son of the seventh son has the cure for the ring-worm.
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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
    Maureen Mc Keon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derreenaseer, Co. Roscommon