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School: Cluain Róiste (roll number 6959)

Location:
Clonroche, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Pádraig S. Ó Dubhghaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0899, Page 244

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    have gone with the wind. Another disease is Measles. They are cured by saffrin.
    Skin disease can be cured by Black Buttons. It is brought home and boiled and the juice is given to the person to drink. This is a blood purifier and is kept in secret.
    Piles are cured by a plant called the Pile root. This is a secret cure and is kept in certain families. Toothache is cured by kissing a frog.
    Erysipelas is cured by a certain paste which only some people can make. Worms are cured by a blood purifier.
    Máire Áine Ní Reachtnáin
    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
    Máire Áine Ní Reachtnáin
    Gender
    Female