School: Poll an Chapaill, Mullinahone (roll number 14181)

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   times saying "In the name of the father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, for sickness.
   A snail put between two clocks, and left over night, cures boils.
   Sheep's droppings boiled in milk, cures Measles
   Cows manure for swelling.
   Soot and salt for washing teeth.
   If a person was suffering from Gods fire, he should go to a person named Cahil. He would draw his own blood and put it on the sore three times.
   Bees wax and Olive Oil would cure Chilblains
   Brine would cure Chilblains
   Burn an old shoe, hold it on your nose, if you have a bad nose.

   

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   Long ago, people had no doctors, and they had to cure all ailments themselves. Hounds Tongue is an herb which is got on the hill-side was the cure for a burn. Dog-root was the cure for Farcy in a horse, and a sting of a nettle The milk of a dandelion cures a wart Dog-leaf would cure yellow Jaundice

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Patrick Burke

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   16

   Address

   Kylefreaghane, Co. Tipperary