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School: Lankill (roll number 16904)

Location:
Lankill, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Cibhil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137F, Page 14_018

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    A burn.
    Get a raw potato and rub it off the burn.
    Chin cough
    Take some asses milk.
    A pain
    Make a worm's knot three times over the person that has the pain.
    A toothache
    Put a frog into your mouth.
    A pain in the stomach
    Swallow a frog.
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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
    Lena Keville
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knappagh Beg, Co. Mayo