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School: Loch an Toirc (roll number 9584)

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Loughatorick South, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Bean Uí Mhuirgheasa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0050, Page 0299

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    to their eyes.
    The way they used to cure warts is to put a rib of horse about it and it would take them off. They sued chicken weed to cure sore legs.
    And they used to say that foxes tongue would take out a thorn of your finger that if you put it to it in the night time it would have it drawn out in the morning.
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  2. Local Cures

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    Cob webs are used for Cuts Cures for boils and stone bruises are soap and sugar mixed up together.
    Dandelion is good for a pain in your stomach to put it down on the fire and trow soda wather and sugar in threw it and drink it hot
    Hot milk is a cure
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lena O' Donnell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Loughatorick North, Co. Galway