Scoil: Cromadh (C.) (uimhir rolla 9307)

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1. Old Cures (ar lean)

   

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   for rheumatism. To boil an onion in milk and drink the milk is a cure for asthma. The weed in this page when boiled in milk is a cure for chin cough. If you had a cramp in your foot to turn you shoes upside down would banish it. For a person who is constantly getting nightmares to make the sign of the cross in their mouth with their tongue would cure it. Half a round turnip, cut a hole in the middle fill with brown sugar and leave overnight. In the morning it will be in a syrup and if a teaspoon full is given three times daily it will cure whooping cough. Asses milk is a cure for delicate children.

   Bathe sore eyes in black tea. For a sty look at the rising sun through a gold ring. A child born after its father's death can cure "crase coller" (thrush) by breathing into the afflicted one's mouth.

   My grandmother, whose father and mother were both Welshs used to boast that she had the poor blood of the Welshs. I often saw people suffering from wild-fire coming to her early in the morning (they would be fasting) and she pricked or cut her finger until she brought the blood which she then rubbed

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

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   Béarla

   Bailitheoir

   Kathleen Douglas

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   Baineann

   Seoladh

   Croom, Co. Limerick

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   Mary O' Donnell

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   Baineann

   Faisnéiseoir

   Mrs Douglas

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   Tuismitheoir

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   Baineann

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   Seoladh

   Croom, Co. Limerick