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School: Lorrha (B.) (roll number 600)

Location:
Lorrha, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Cróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0530, Page 052

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    usually it can not be cured unless it is taken out. One of the cures is to lick a frog. A cold is cured by boiling butter-milk and butter and drinking it hot going to bed.
    There are many diseases which are cured locally. When a person gets a cold he drinks hot butter-milk. There were no doctors long ago but now when a person gets sick, they send for the doctor. When people get measles they stay in bed and take hot drinks. When they got yellow jaundice long ago there was a man in every parish who had a cure. He had a bottle that no one knew it's contents and it was able to cure yellow jaundice.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Donnchadha Ó Grógáin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Grange, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    James Hough
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    37
    Address
    Ballymacegan, Co. Tipperary