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School: Scoil an Chlochair, Bunclody

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0892, Page 040

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  1. Old Cures (continued)

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    Colds
    For colds you should boil barley and drink the water in which it is boiled.
    Cuts
    People put "Parafin Oil" or butter on cuts to cure them.
    Broken Legs with Chickens
    When a child breaks its leg they put splinters off a match well soaps straight over the broken leg and they tie it with woolen thread. They then leave it tied up for nine days and then it is set.
    The people of the district make ointment to cure cerain sores or diseases and thus earn their living. The cure is handed from father to son and has come down in certain families to the present day. When an old man or woman has a cure is dying people pay a great deal of money to them if they will sell them the secret of their cure.
    Elizabeth Kavanagh, Gurteen
    Materials obtained from
    Mr Phelim kavanagh
    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
    Elizabeth Kavanagh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gorteen, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Mr Phelim Kavanagh
    Gender
    Male