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School: Baile an Lóin Tighe (Ballinlonty) (roll number 1579)

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Ballinlonty, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Áine Ruiséall
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0550, Page 100

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    In bygone days people were not so much inclined to go to doctors as they are at present owing to the many local cures.
    1 Eating dandelions was a cure for heart-disease.
    2 Raw potatoes carried in the pocket was believed to be a cure for rheumatism. According as the potato would be withering the pain would be leaving.
    3 Garlic steeped in whiskey was a cure for a stomach ache.
    4 Sulphur and unsalted butter cured ringworm.
    5 House-leek and fresh lard were a cure for a burn.
    6 A fasting spit for nine mornings was a cure for warts. The spit was rubbed over the warts.
    7 Ask a man with a grey horse what was a cure for the chin-cough: What ever he would
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Katty Patterson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilfithmone, Co. Tipperary