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1. Local Cures (continued)

   

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   and throwing the tenth one across their sholder. An old cure for a sore neck was to put hot salt in a stocking and tie it round your neck.
   Collected by: Moira Hunt, Rathbane
   Heard from her father John Hunt

   

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   History Edit

2. Local Cures

   

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   The people who lived in olden times had cures for nearly all disease. They seldom visited a doctor. Doctors were not as plentiful that time as they are now. The old people had certain 'cures' weeds growing in their gardens and they made cures from the roots of them. They also made cures from certain herbs that grew on the land. the cure that the old people had for Rheumatism was to sweat themselves . In every townland there was a "sweat house". It was built in a high bank and roofed with flags. There was only one door on it. At first there was a big fire put in the house and when it was well heated the fire was taken out. Then the person who wanted to sweat himself dressed up in wollen clothes and went into the "sweat house". The door was closed up then and the person remained in it for two hours. When he came out he went to bed and stayed there for another few hours. The

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Evelyn Benson

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Mountirvine, Co. Sligo