School: St. Cronan's Longford Wood, An Teampoll Mór (roll number 6662)

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1. Local Cures (continued)

   

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   A second cure recommended locally is to pass the person affected with the whooping cough, three times under a grey horse.
   A third cure is to have the person travel a mile to some spring well, and to drink a cup of water from the well every morning for five mornings.
   Boils (1) Boil a handful of "Robin Run the Hedge" and drink it every morning dose - half a tea cup at a time.
   (2) Boil the bark of a elm tree, or the bark of a young ash tree, in spring water and drink an egg -cup full of syrup first thing every morning
   (3) A third cure for these troublesome things is to boil "house-leek" and "garlic" in water and drink one or two teaspoons of the mixture every morning.
   (4) A forth cure is to rub ones fasting spit to the boil when it is felt coming on: this is supposed to be specially good if the person affected spits in three different places on the door-step gathers the three into one in the centre

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Edward Delaney

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Oldcastle, Co. Tipperary