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School: Loughglinn (C.)

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Loughglinn, Co. Roscommon
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Méadhbha, Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0240, Page 443

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    In olden days doctors were not very numerous. The people cured themselves of their ailments. If a person got a cut he put salt on it, or a cob-web, or a piece of comfrey. People who had corns applied to them the juice of boiled ivy leaves and washed the corn with the water. Another cure for a corn was to put on it house-leek powered finely with the hammer. On a burn flour, bread-soda, or lampoil was
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Callaghan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Loughglinn, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Andrew Callaghan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Figh, Co. Roscommon