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School: Tyrrellspass (C) (roll number 6040)

Location:
Tyrrellspass, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Bean Uí Chonduibh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0731, Page 430

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    Drinking Diabetes. A cure for this is to watch the cow standing up the first time on a summer morning and catch the first urine passed and drink it.
    Kidney trouble. is cured by drinking the water in which Dandelion has been stewed.
    Burns and Scalds. {is cured by} a poultice of cow dung put on a burn or a scald cures it.
    Warts. Are cured by getting a black snail and pute it on them. Then put it on a black thorn bush and according as the snail dies away the
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    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
    Annie Morgan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gneevebane, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Mrs Cuffe
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Tyrrellspass, Co. Westmeath