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School: Áth Glórach (Aglorach) (roll number 16942)

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Ahgloragh, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Brighid, Bean Uí Ainlighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0080, Page 368

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    If a person had warts and if he was going any place and to see a stone with water in it and he not to know it was if he washed his hands with the water the warts would go.
    If a person has sore eyes if he washed them with the juice of the buachaill tighe which means her they would get better.
    Burns
    If a person was burned the best cure is to rub gob oil on the burn and it would get better quick. This bog oil used to be got in logholes.
    Ringworm
    If a person had ringworm people long ago used to say if there was a family of sevens one after another the youngest son would have the cure.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Thomas Bodkin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Address
    Corskeagh Beg, Co. Galway