School: Carrickerry, Árd-achadh (roll number 11281)

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1. Local Cures

   

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   1 Jaundice Mix 1 pint white wine vinegar 1 Ib brown sugar 6 eggs with shell Cork and shake and it is ready for use next day. A table spoonful is taken for nine mornings fasting, no other food or drink is allowed during that time except black tea.

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Informant

   K. O Connell

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Glensharrold, Co. Limerick

2. Local Cures

   

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   2 Earache
   If any - (got) one got an earache he would melt fresh unsalted butter put it on black sheep's wool and insert it into the ear. People believed that there was a special cure in the wool of the black sheep.

   3 Bleeding nose,
   When a person had a profuse bleeding from the nose he rolled up a piece of paper very tightly and pressed it under the upper lip. This stopped the flow of blood.

   4 Jaundice,
   If anyone got the jaundice some member of the household would boil a brown

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