School: Clonard (roll number 16067)

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1. Local Cures (continued)

   

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   sweet oil and lime water that is the cure for a burn
   The cure for a bag cough boiled flax seed is the cure
   The cure for a sore throat if you tie a stocking round your neck and a hairy maget in side in it.

   

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2. Local Cures

   

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   Cure of sore eyes: Make the sign of the cross three times with three gooseberry thorns. If the godfather of a child ties red ribbons on the wrists of the child it will cure the whooping cough Cure of burn: Laurel leaves boiled in lard Cure of whooping cough: If a man and woman of the same name get married give them a cake of bread and let each cut the cut of bread half way and eat it Cure of warts: Rub the warts with ivy leaves

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Teresa Mc Cabe

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballynabarny, Co. Meath