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School: Scoil Naomh Eoin, Bréachmhuigh (roll number 13781)

Location:
Breaghwy, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
A.M. Mac Taidhg
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0089D, Page 05_013

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    him for a cure for the chin-cough and whatever he would say would be a cure. If a person got a sting of a nettle and to get a docket leave and to put it on the sting it would cure it. If a person had sore eyes and to wash them with tea leaves it would them. A lot of people that if you boil goose grease a parifinn oil together it is a good cure for rheumatism and sore bones. If a person had biles and to make up a plaster with soap and sugar and rub it on
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Aindriú Ó Coinneáin
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Bean Ó Coinneáin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloonaghmore, Co. Mayo