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   It is said that any child that has chincough, if he goes under a donkey foal that has never been used will be cured. Another cure is by drinking ferrets leavings.
   Cure for pains in cattle = If a knot called the worm knot is put on the spot where the pain is, it will be cured.
   Cure for nettle burn = It is said that if oil is poured where the burn is, it will be cured.
   Cure for pain in the Back = It is said that if a person laid on St Fechins bed they would be cured.
   Lucy Cawley, Kilnamanagh, Collooney, Co. Sligo.
   This information was given to me by my father Felix Cawley.

   

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   Cure for warts. To hang a snail on a briar and when the snail is dying the wart is also dying. Cure for toothache: - To put some nitre(?) in the tooth and then it will be cured. Cure for Burn - If you lick a mankeeper it will cure it. Cure for ring- worm . Any seventh son or daughter born in succession has the cure. Cure for pain in Back - The skin of a hare, tied round the back is supposed to

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   1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. cleachtas an leighis
         1. leigheas dúchasach (~11,815)

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   English

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   Doreen O' Grady

   Gender

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   Edward O' Grady

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