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School: Adare Convent (roll number 9296)

Location:
Adare, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
An tSr. Mechtildes
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0505, Page 148

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    Cures.
    Cure for cuts.
    Cobwebs or to let a dog lick it, also a lump of salt.
    Whooping cough.
    Leavings of a ferret's meal or if you met a man on a white horse what ever he suggests will cure it.
    Cure for ulcer.
    Black-berries leaves placed on it.
    Cure for toothache.
    Raw beef put up to the jaw.
    The bark of a larch tree steeped
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pauline Mc Carthy
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Kate Houlihan
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    93
    Address
    Adare, Co. Limerick