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Micheál Ó Cuileanáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0297, Page 192

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    Rheumatism: If a person has rheumatism, and to nettle himself severely, it is said that the nettling will cure him.
    Blood
    If a person's hand or leg was bleeding a cob web put around the wound would stop the bleeding.
    Concubar O Dalaig [?]
    Headache
    If a person had a very bad head-ache the best thing to do is to tie a piece of (l) cloth around his head tightly and then to rest in bed.
    Nettlesting
    A cure for the sting of a nettle is to wet a dock-leaf with your mouth and rub it to the place that you got the sting in.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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