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School: Doire an Bháis (roll number 13152)

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Derrycoosh, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Énrí Ó Húbáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0089, Page 398

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  1. Leigheasanna (continued)

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    throat
    Pain in the back. Put a rabbit skin around your back and the pain will go.
    Bite from a dog.
    If you get a bite from a dog put three ribs of hair out of the dog on it and it will go all right.
    Burn.
    Put an ivy leaf to it and it will heal it.
    Chilblains.
    Wash them in hot water and washing-
    A burn from a nettle.
    Rub a docket leaf of it and it will go.
    Wart. Get a dandilion take it and bruise the white milk out on the wart and it will go.
    Indegestion.
    If you chew your food properly it is very good.
    Wildfire.
    Rub the weeds of the potatoes on it.
    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
    Michael Gibbons
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloondeash, Co. Mayo