School: St Bridget's (roll number 13854)
- Location:
- Derrymore, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire Uí hOistín
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- (continued from previous page)When a person has a headache it is the cure for it to get their head measured by certain people. There is a woman living in Killenacoff and she measures heads
- A cure for chincough is to drink asses milk or the ferrets leavings
- Collector
- Bríghid Ní Chonmacháin
- Gender
- Female
- Warts
It is a cure for warts if a person would get a rock with a little hole of water in.(continues on next page)