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School: Trinity (roll number 2311)

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Tincurra, Co. Wexford
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0883, Page 154

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  1. Storytellers

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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Peter Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    75

  2. Herbs

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    Thistles grow in abundance in good dry land and herbs.
    A dock leaf left on a sting of a bee cures the sting
    Water cress is good for purifying the blood. It grows in streams and has a little white blossom
    Canaban beg for worms
    Whooping Cough
    Put the child three times under a donkey saying in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost
    Tooth-ache
    A black frog put in the mouth
    Cuts
    Fresh lard and laurel leaves; butter-milk and bread soda for burns.
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