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   information from my father Thomas Erwin, Bella, Collooney, aged forty-nine years. He said he heard it from his uncle Patrick Erwin, Achonty, Ballymore, who died in 1936, aged seventy-two years.

   

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2. Local Cures

   

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   There is an herb called "Fox's tongue" because it is shaped like a fox's tongue. When it is put on a cut it cures it. If the father's name is Walsh and the mothers name is Walsh their children will have the cure of the rose. The cure for a hiccough is to give the person who is affected a fright . This is another cure. Give a drink of baking soda and water to the sufferer. The cure for worms is to eat salt. The cure for an earache is put olive oil on a piece of cotton wool and put it in the ear. For jaundice boil the bark of a tree and give it to the sick person to drink with ale.

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Phyllis Burke

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Kinnagrelly, Co. Sligo

   Informant

   Terence Burke

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   57

   Address

   Kinnagrelly, Co. Sligo