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School: Nuadhan (Noan), Dúrlas Éile

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Noan, Co. Tipperary
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Máire Ní Ghormáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0564, Page 363

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    is cured.
    The cure for sore throat
    Rub "Seven years bacon" to it. This is bacon which is put in the chimney for seven years. A swede turnip is also a cure for sore throats.
    A cure for an inward pain:
    To boil soot in New Milk, and not to let the person know what he is drinking.
    A cure for coughs and colds:
    To boil dandelion with sugar candy.
    People long ago used roasted salt for a sore throat.
    For warts they used the juice of dandelion flowers.
    For a sore ear they used a red onion soaked in Olive Oil.
    For a pain in the side they used a poultice of bread and water or linseed meal.
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    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
    Nellie Shaw
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Grallagh, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs Shaw
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    40
    Address
    Grallagh, Co. Tipperary