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School: Cúl Seachtaine

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Coolshaghtena, Co. Roscommon
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0258, Page 305

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    One of the cures for a sty is to get nine gooseberry thorns and point them to the sty and throw away the ninth thorn. Another cure is to get up early in the morning and when the fire is down spit on the hearth and rub it on the sty. Do this for nine mornings.
    Earache.
    If a person has a pain in his ear and puts black sheep's wool in it, it will cure it.
    Toothache.
    If people suffer from teethache, if they go to the graveyard and get a tooth and rub it on the sore teeth the pain will disappear.
    Ringworm.
    The seventh son of a family is able to cure ringworm. Some people have the cure also, but they would not tell anybody what it is.
    Boils.
    Get the root of the crawdawn and boil it in new milk. Then strain
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ethna Connor
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clooncashel More, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs Connor
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    42
    Address
    Clooncashel More, Co. Roscommon