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School: Cill Chonaill (Cailíní)

Location:
Kilconnell, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Shéaghdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0043, Page 0259

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    Warts
    To get a drop of water that would be on a flat stone and rub it on the wart.
    Burns
    A person that would have licked a lizard can cure a burn by licking it. To get a raw potato and cut it in thin slices and rub it on the burn.
    Thorns
    To get a foxes tongue and rub it on the place the thorn is and it will come out.
    Una Egan
    Calla,
    Kilconnell.
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  2. Local Cures

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    Whooping Cough
    Go to a man that has a white horse and ask him for a cure and whatever he says to drink. The person should drink it and it would cure it.
    Another cure is to drink ferrets "leavings"
    Another one is to swing the child under an asses stomach.
    This is a very simple cure, The ingredients are;
    1/2 pt of buttermilf
    2oz of butter
    3 teaspoons of sugar
    Method - Boil the buttermilk and strain it. The water that is
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Mahony
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilconnell, Co. Galway