School: Coiscéim (C.), Átha Treasna (roll number 10079)
- Location:
- Áth Trasna, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Máire Bean Uí Nialláin
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- A cure for measles in a child was to put her under a donkey's stomach three times. A cure for craobhfhabhar is to rub a gold ring to it in the form of the sign of the cross nine times each morning for three mornings.
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- Sheila Cronin
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- A fasting spit rubbed to the eye for nine mornings was said to be another cure for craobhfhabhar.
A cure for warts to put a piece of meat in a manure heap and not to let any body know about it and when the meat would be rotten the warts would be gone.
