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School: Ferrybank, Waterford (roll number 14999)

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Ferrybank, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
R. Ó Luinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0844, Page 156

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    A leaf of a dandelion is a cure for asthma when it is chewed and the juice drunken. A sting of a nettle is cured by the juice of a dock leaf.
    Rub the sap of a dandelion on a ward and it will cure it in less than a month. There is a well, in Ferrybank called Mollyhoys Well, and if you drink the water thats in it it will cure consumption. Eat boiled nettles and it will cure consumption.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joe Cummins
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ferrybank, Co. Waterford
    Informant
    Mrs Cummins
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ferrybank, Co. Waterford