School: Virginia (B)
- Location:
- Achadh an Iúir, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: E. Ó Raghallaigh
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- XML “Local Cures - The Rickets”
- XML “Local Cures - The Whooping-Cough”
- XML “Local Cures - The Mumps”
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - The Whooping Cough in children was supposed to be cured by the god-parent buying a red ribbon, and making a present of it to the child, to be worn round the child's neck.
- Long ago, when people used to take the mumps in their throats, the cure in those days was:- their mother would make them get up at three o'clock in the morning and put a cloth over their eyes and walk them round the pig sty saying these words:-
A mhuclach! A mhuclach! sin chugat do leicneachA leicneach! A leicneach! sin chugat do mhuclach
