School: Tombrack (roll number 15940)

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   Cures

   Miss E. Carton Ballyrankin has often seen the cure being prepared for people "in a decline."
   A large bunch of "She" dandelions is gathered and the leaves pounded in a bowl till the juice is extracted. The juice is then put in milk, and boiled and given to the patient.
   She believes it a perfect cure for consumption

   

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2. Worm Cure

   

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   Worm Cure There is a woman by the name of Keeley that cures worm fever. She cures with an herb called the Canavan-beg. This is how she does it. She searches in a field for the herb and pulls it in the name of the child that is affected with the worms. Then she rubs the herb in her hand, and if a froth comes on the herb the child has the worm fever. She then pounds the herb and gets the juice and puts it in a bottle. The child has to be rubbed nine times every morning - on the forehead, heart, palms of hands and soles of feet. The child is soon well. Padraig O Muirgheasa

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. agriculture (~2,659)
            1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
               1. medicine for animal sicknesses (~175)
                  1. worms (~35)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Pádraig Ó Muirgheasa

   Gender

   Male