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School: Feevagh (roll number 9517)

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Feevagh, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Seán Ó Bhaldraithe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0269D, Page 06_002

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    The thread must be tied by a certain person who has the gift of curing headaches.
    Ringworm is cured by a "seventh son" by putting his hand on the affected place. He does this only on Monday and Thursday.
    Boils are cured by putting a poultice of soft sugar and soap and pounding them up together.
    A thorn from a white-thorn bush which grows at a spot where "three parishes meet"
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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
    Rosanna Cruise
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derrycahill, Co. Roscommon