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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Roscomáin

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Roscommon, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
An tSr. M. Fionnbharra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0259, Page 278

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    Long ago when there were no doctors in this country, people relied on what they called "Country Quacks". Those country quacks had cures confined to their own families and handed down to them by their fore-fathers. They depended a lot on herbs that grew in the land. They had different herbs to cure different diseases.
    For a burn they would make ointment from the roots. To cure a bad cold a person would go under the treatment known as "sweating" and to cure pleurisy this so called doctor would extract what they called "bad blood" from their veins. To cure the whooping cough people had several remedies
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Pat O' Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    81
    Occupation
    Smith
    Address
    Fuerty, Co. Roscommon