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School: Loughglinn (C.)

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Loughglinn, Co. Roscommon
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Méadhbha, Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0240, Page 439

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    and then eaten cured diabetes. A roast onion is a cure for a pain in the ear. Sprains were cured by applying to them a poultice of finely grated comfrey roots mixed with the white of egg.
    An old cure for a toothache was to chew tobacco. The pain was also relieved by putting melted candle grease into the hole of the tooth.
    Olive oil rubbed on a burn took away pain. Another cure was to hold he burned part to the fire immediately after it got burned. It would not pain any more. A pig's gall applied to a burn took away pain. A good cure
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Noreen Crawley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Loughglinn, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Maggie Lafferty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Aghalour, Co. Roscommon