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   “In olden times when doctors were scarce and it cost people a good sum of money to be cured...”

   

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   bush it will cure it. The cures for a wart are as follows. If you go into a neighbours house and steal a lump of fat bacon and bury it according as it rots the wart will go. Wart weed is also another cure. Roasted salt or potatoes in a stocking is the cure for a sore throat. If you find water in a stone and dip your finger into it it will also cure a wart. To bathe the eyes in cold tea or spring water is the remedy for weak eyes. To bathe a whittle in hot potato water or to put a poultice on it is also a good cure. The cure for burns are to rub paraffin oil or sweet oil on

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Treasa Ní Gealbháin

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Riverstown, Co. Tipperary

   Informant

   Michael Galvin

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   58