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School: Sráid na Cathrach (B.) (roll number 8850)

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Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0622, Page 277

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  1. Old Cures (continued)

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  2. An Old Cure

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    Long ago when there were no doctors the people had to work their own cures.
    There was a very old woman living here long ago and she was complaining of rheumatism.
    She went to a man that knew a lot about old cures and she asked him had he any cure for rheumatism.
    He told her to go home and to pick a species of small wild tansy that grows on "sod" walls and hedges. In summer it has one small flower and so she did.
    She put the "Turkeys (Tl) Tansey"
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