School: Ballinakillew (roll number 8433)

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   Cure for a sting of a wasp rub blue on it. Cure for a cold boil garlic and milk and drink it before going to bed.
   Put parriffin oil on a burn when you get it before the air gets at it.

   

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   If anyone ties his wee finger it will stop his nose bleeding.
   The dandelion boiled will take away warts or shill corns.
   The juice of a dalk will take away blisters.
   The sap of a sycamore tree will cure toothache.
   Paraffin warmed will cure a pain.
   The cure for the pain in the back is a hare’s skin

   

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   The cure for the whooping cough is you go under the donkey’s belly. A halter is put on the person and he is led three times blind folded under the donkey’s belly. The cure for the mumps is you have to be led to the river or well and take three drops of water. The cure for stopping your nose

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Willie Mc Crea

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   11

   Address

   Ballynakillew Mountain, Co. Donegal