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    poultice.
    A cure for the whooping-cough is to get two or three leaves of a thistle called the Sacred thistle and boil the leaves and by drinking the juice each day, the cure will follow.
    A cure for the sty is nine gooseberry thorns and rub one of these thorns to the sty each day and then throw this thorns away when you rub it to the sty.
    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
    Ellen Mary Taite
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ardlow, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Patrick Taite
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 60
    Address
    Ardlow, Co. Cavan