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School: Coiscéim (C.), Átha Treasna (roll number 10079)

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Newmarket, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Máire Bean Uí Nialláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0356, Page 225

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    A cobweb was applied to a bleeding wound to stop the blood.
    The key of a door was put down a person's back to stop bleeding from the nose.
    A piece of blotting paper put under the tongue was also used to stop bleeding from the nose.
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    Slándus plucked, put into the mouth and ground with the teeth was applied to a wound to stop bleeding.
    The Yellow Jaundice commonly called "The Yella Jaunders" was cured by a charm. A woman that had the charm. The sick person should go to the woman's house for nine mornings fasting: and should there eat an egg into which the woman had put nine lice; but the patient was blind-folded and did not know what the "appetising dish" was.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    M. Neylon
    Gender
    Female
    Occupation
    Múinteoir