School: Cluain Uí Chuinn (roll number 5844)

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1. Herbal Remedies

   

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   Cow Pox - Roots of Dandelion Bruised & boiled on milk. apply to sores. Miraculous cure

   37. Herbal Remedies
   Fairy Flax. (womens' ailments)
   Wall Ivy (Bladder Troubles)
   Bog Bane. (Cure for looseness of Bowels)
   Garlic (Colds etc, worms in children) must be sown on Lady Day (25 Mar) and pulled on Lady Day 15 Aug.
   Comfry (?) Swelling or pain reduced by bathing in C. water
   St Patrick's leaf. (with veins removed - cure for cuts.) Plantain ?

   

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2. Charms

   

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   Lock of Hair. on top of head pulled for cure of dumb person. Thorns of Gooseberry Bush. for stye in eye. Straining Thread - made by families for sprain on hand or ankle (Murrays', local makers in old days here) Seventh son - cure for ringworm; worm must die on his hand when cure is present. Wedding ring - cure for King's evil Person born feet first - cure for backache - walks on patient. "Caul" or cap on baby when born - saves life at sea etc. Red rag on cow's tail - prevents "overlooking" by "evil eye" Walking backwards - cure for headache.

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