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School: Ballyjamesduff Convent

Location:
Baile Shéamais Dhuibh, Co. an Chabháin
Teacher:
Sr. Mary Theresa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0996, Page 364

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    Cures Pain in the Neck. If you rub a bit of goose grease to your neck it will get better.
    Blistered Mouth. If you had a blistered mouth you must go to some one who never saw his Father, and the person will blow his breath into your mouth 3 times for 3 days.
    Nettle Sting -. If you get a sting of a nettle get a dock leaf and rub it to the sting it will get better.
    Mumps-. Put a pair of winkers of an ass on you and run round the stable 3 times. It will cure the mumps, if you also say:- "Leckna, Leckna go to the pigs" (in Irish)
    If the palate of your mouth fell down it would be taken up with a spoon.
    Wasp Sting. Rub a bit of blue to it and it will cure it.
    Wart Rub castor oil to the wart and it will cure it. If you see a snail on the road pick it up and rub it to the wart and hang it on a thorn to decay and when it is rotten the wart will go. Some people cure wart by getting nine rushes. They rub them into the wart, they put knots on them and leave them to decay and then they will go.
    Wild Fire. If you have wild fire rub a gold ring to it and it will cure it.
    If you have a hiccough take a pinch of salt and it will cure it or take nine drops of
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. cleachtas an leighis
        1. leigheas dúchasach (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Baile Shéamais Dhuibh, Co. an Chabháin
    Informant
    Mr Eugene Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    Over 50
    Address
    Baile Shéamais Dhuibh, Co. an Chabháin
    Informant
    Mr James Conway
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    Over 50
    Address
    Baile Shéamais Dhuibh, Co. an Chabháin