School: Lios Tuathail Buachaillí

Location:
Lios Tuathail, Co. Chiarraí
Teacher:
Brian Mac Mathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1126, Page 390

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    Another way to cure hiccoughs is to give a person a fright and the hiccoughs will go away.
    A child that would be born and carried away before it was able to see it's father would be said to have certain powers for sickness.
    When calves have tetters they rub manure to them and that will them away.
    When a horse has a sore head steal a black cat and skin the cat and put the cat's skin on top of the sore part of the horses head. The cat must be stolen - it will be no good to ask a cat.
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    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. cleachtas an leighis
        1. leigheas dúchasach (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Damien Stack
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lios Tuathail, Co. Chiarraí
    Informant
    Mrs Stack
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    39
    Address
    Lios Tuathail, Co. Chiarraí