School: Srónaill (Shronell) (roll number 15008)

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1. Old Cures (continued)

   

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   1. Tootache: Salt and boiled water was the old cure for a toothache long ago.
   2. Whooping cough: The cure for the whooping cough long ago was the milk left over after a ferret drinking it.
   3. Trush: The cure for thrush long ago was honey and borax.
   4. Burns: The bark of elm boiled in water is the old cure for a burn.
   5. Headache: It was an old cure for a headache long ago was to tie St. Brigids ribbon around your head.
   6. And long ago people would say that if there was seven sons after one another or seven daughters the seventh one would be able to cure something.

   

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2. My Home District

   

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   1 Townland: I live in Shronell Mór in the barony of Clan William. 2. No. of families: About eleven families live in Shronell Mór. 3. Houses thatched or slated: There are about eight slated houses in Shronell Mór and there are but two thatched houses there. 4. Old peoples name: There is but one old

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Location

   Shronell More, Co. Tipperary

   Collector

   Alice Moloney

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Shronell More, Co. Tipperary