School: Uachtar Árd (roll number 4786)

Location:: Oughterard, Co. Galway
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of a rock and to put spray on them Rash: To milk a goat on it or nine mornings before the sun gets up Styes: To let them with the thorn of a gooseberry bush Mumps: To lick a black lizard Rheumatism: To rub it with goose grease Cuts: To let a dog lick them Whittles: To put it in hot potato water Boils: Put hares skin on them Stings:: Rub a blue rag on them
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The people long ago used to have a great many cures. Some of them were:-
Ivy leaves for a corn
An onion for a chilblain
Flour for a chilblain
Flour for a burn
If you let a dog lick a cut, he was supposed to cure it

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