School: Tara Hill (roll number 13689)

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   Cures etc. contd.

   a potato basket. A piece of the root was cut with a spade. It was cut up + grated and put into a pan to dry over the fire. It was then mixed with sugar and was eaten. It was a cure for coughs and colds and for lung diseases. There was a very strong taste of medicine from it.

   An old woman here, she was a sister of my fathers had me always gathering these for her.

   Bryan Maguire,
   Cromelland, Inch,
   Co Wexford.
   Born 1869

   

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   Scalds:- When it snows the snow should be collected and put in jars or bottles and corked tightly. If any person has the misfortune to scald his foot if he pours a quantity of this snow water on it without removing the stocking the scald will be perfectly cured. Blood Poison:- A potato should be well washed and then grated into a very fine pulp. If a small poultice of this is placed on any part that is blood poisoned it will draw out every particle of the poison and cure it in a very short time. Sore Throat:- Onions boiled in vinegar and put in poultice round the throat.

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mrs Mooney

   Gender

   Female