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School: Baile an Churraigh

Location:
Ballincurry, Co. Galway
Teacher:
A. L. Ó Maoileannaigh
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    Local cures
    1. Whooping cough:- Ferrets leavings. Ask a man on a white horse if he has any cure and if he says he has not he will never be cured.
    2. Mumps-:
    Get three ribs out of your god-mother's head. Tie a red ribbon around them and hang it around the child's necks.
    3.
    Thrush-:a man whose father was dead before he was born should be brought to blow three times into the childs mouth.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Marion Dowd
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballincurry, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Pádraig Ó Dhubhdha
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballincurry, Co. Galway