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1. Old Cures

   

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   In former times people used plants and other things for cures Speedwell, a little plant with blue flowers is the cure for the Yellow Jaundice. This plant is boiled in new milk, and the sick person must drink it three times a day until he or she is cured. "Ground Ivy" is the cure for the "brease bo(?) as the old people called it. Your mouth would be full of blisters when you would have this. You pick ten bunches of "Ground Ivy" and throw away one. Then you dip the plant in fresh (?) and wash the mouth with it.

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Seumas Nic Eil

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   14

   Address

   Kilmoyly, Co. Kerry