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School: Mullach, Sráid na Cathrach (roll number 3928)

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Mullagh, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Proinnsias Ó Sandair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0624, Page 081

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    as the body would be decaying the wart would be disappearing.
    A good poultice for boils is to roast a piece of turnip and apply it to the boil.
    Cow-dung and milk boiled together is a remedy for swellings.
    To look through a woman's marriage ring three mornings fasting is a cure for a sty in the eye.
    To wear a pig-ring or any iron ring is a cure for rheumatism.
    Another cure for rheumatism is carry a cut potatoe around with you in your pocket.
    The seventh son in a family is known as the "Doctor". He is supposed to have a cure for running diseases, lumps and diseases of the liver.
    To lick a "spigneanta" or "hairy molly" is another cure for toothache.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Proinnsias Ó Sandair
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    scoláirí