School: Dún Bhéacháin (Dunbeacon) (roll number 15552)

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1. Local Cures

   

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   Bizzam is a cure for boils. Broom- wood which the old people used for making brooms was also a cure for boils. It should be pulled and boiled for four hours and the juice should then be placed in a bottle and drank. The old people of this locality used to take their horses to Furze Island in Dunnanus Bay, as it was supposed to have an herb to cure horses of worms

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary J. Moynihan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Drishane, Co. Cork

   Informant

   James Maguire

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   56

   Address

   Cashelfean, Co. Cork

2. Local Cures

   

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   Wild Sage is supposed to be a cure for hurts and broken ribs
   A foxe's tongue is used to draw a needle out of a person's flesh
   Agrimony is said to be a cure for consumption.
   Garlic is a cure for a cough
   Dandelion was a cure for the liver.
   Sloes:- Wine made from the sloes is said to be good for a pain. This wine is called "Sloe-Gin."

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