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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 18_008

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    it would be a good cure. If you were going along a road and you had a wart on your hand and you saw a drop of water in a stone and rubbed the water on it would be a good cure to take it away. If you saw a man on a white horse and asked him has he a cure for the chincough and any cure he gives you will make the person all right. If you had a pain in your head and you rubbed a sup of cold water to your forehead it would be a good cure. If a person had the chincough and you
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tomás Mac Taidhg
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Bean Ní Thaidhg
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilkenny, Co. Mayo