School: Kilfenora (B.) (roll number 2155)

Location:
Kilfenora, Co. Clare
Teacher:
P. Mag Fhloinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0620, Page 147

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    wash their hands in it would have a cure for a cow that would have a worm taken.
    Lambs wool is a cure for a corn.
    Black wool is a cure for a pain in your ear.
    Lions paw is a cure for rhetitmatism.
    Cold cream is a cure for ire.
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  2. John Mack of Carron is a very famous man for setting broken bones in sheep, cattle and lambs wherever the bone is broken in the animal he can fix it. He do have latts, tar, pitch he do have a lot of cloth to put around the tar. Some people do have cures for pains themselves when some people gets stung by a nettle they do get one or two dog leafs and spit on it and put it to the pain. Others gets stung by a bee and some do put iodine on it and others put ointment on it. Some people gets a cut on their hand or their leg and if it would be a very big cut they go and get a daffodil and cut off the end of it and the greenish water that would come out of it. Put a lot of that water
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seán Mac Giolla Dé
    Gender
    Male