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1. Local Cures (continued)

   

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   persons eye. Poultice of linseed meal, is good for sores. Dandelion is a cure for the lungs.

   A herb called mouseen, boiled in milk, is good for the whooping cough.
   Cold tea is a cure for styes.
   A roasted onion and brown sugar is good for the chest.
   Onions boiled in milk are good for a cold.

   

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2. Local Cures

   

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   Information collected from:- Mr. M Hurley, Coolanoran, Ardagh. The people sought remedies long ago from plants and wells. There is a well called "Keiran", near Reen's Pike, to which the people used go and pay rounds, and they were cured from sore eyes. A few snails broken up small. Put on a cloth, and put on the neck or any part of the body where a boil is, would cure it. The arrow-root is good for pains in the bones. The leaf of the foxes-tongue is put to a burn to cure it. If a person had a back-ache and whatever cure the seventh daughter would tell him to get and put to his back. He would be cured

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mr M. Hurley

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Coolanoran, Co. Limerick