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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Tráighlí

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Tralee, Co. Kerry
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An tSr. Proinnsias
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0440, Page 069

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    The following are some home cures used by the Irish people in former times, and in remote parts of the country up to the present day:-
    1. A Common cold in the Chest:-
    Cure - To bathe the feet in hot water and mustard, to give patient hot milk in which an onion has been boiled and get them to bed for a few days. If the patient was not improved a "brew" was made by boiling a herb called "wild sage" sweetening it well and getting the sick person to take half a tea-cup full every morning fasting. This "brew" was also used for Whooping Cough in children.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Cheallaig
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rock Street, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mr G. Fernane
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rock Street, Co. Kerry