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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 236

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  1. Local Cures (continued)

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    Burn:-
    Any person who licks a mankeeper, and then licks the burn of the sufferer will be cured.
    Fowl-mouth:-
    The person who never saw his father has the cure for the foul-mouth.
    Mumps:-
    Any father and mother of the same name and who pulls the patient across a stream three times, with a hay rope around his neck will cure the mumps.
    Stye on the eye:-
    A stye on a persons eye can be cured by pointing ten goose-berry thorns to it and throwing away the tenth.
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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