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School: Ballinvally (B.) (roll number 931)

Location:
Ballinvally, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
T. Healy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0723, Page 149

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    broken bones or dislocated bones. He sets them like a doctor but he never deadens the pain.
    Mick Kelly of Caddagh can cure a heart burn. Mrs Nash of Drumcree can cure the jaundice. She boils laurel leaves and milk.
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    Mrs Gaynor Moylroe has the cure of the burn and scald. She mixes the juice of laurel leaves with melted lard and she puts it around the burn and after four or five days it will heal.
    Matthew Casserly
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Glennon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Delvin, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Thomas Glennon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Delvin, Co. Westmeath