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    the roads until he met with a man on a white horse. He asked him for a cure for the whooping-cough. The man, perhaps, would tell him milk, water or whey, whatever he said to give the child for three mornings fasting, it would be given, and the child would survive.
    Where ever a hollow was in a tree with water in it was seen, the water was supposed to have the virtue of curing warts, sore eyes, small pox or similar ailments. Yellow meal and bran and roasted potatoes were used as cures too. Ivy cured a sore head. A cap was made of ivy leaves by sewing them together,
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridie Flaherty
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Ellen Foley
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    74
    Address
    Mountcoal, Co. Kerry