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School: Lenamore, Rathowen (roll number 5115)

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Lenamore, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Brian Mac Tomas
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0769, Page 310

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    bad blood. Then another leech would be put on, and this would be done several times, till all the bad blood would be taken out. There was a charm charm for rheumatism, it consisted of two round berry sticks, sewed up in a piece if calico. They had to be carried about till the rheumatism was cured, then they had to be left up to carefully. And rheumatism would never come again.
    A sty in the eye was cured by pointing nine goose berry thorns to the sty, one had to be pegged away each
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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
    Delia Moran
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Sleehaun, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Thomas Moran
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Sleehaun, Co. Longford