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School: An t-Éadan Mór

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Edenmore, Co. Monaghan
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S. Mac Philib
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0960, Page 212

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  1. Cures (continued)

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    Blood
    Rose Nobel boiled purifies the blood.
    Styan
    Pull ten gooseberry thorns and jag the styan with them unless the tenth one which is thrown away. Bless yourself while you are doing this.
    Liver complaints
    By eating raw dandelion roots.
    Sprain
    The seventh son has the cure of the sprain.
    Cuts
    A plantain leaf placed on the cut.
    Thrushes (in Horses)
    Blue stone placed in the crack will gradually cure it.
    Swelling
    Boiled chicken weed is applied.
    Thorn
    A bean leaf applied to a thorn will take it out.
    Bleeding
    An ivy leave stops bleeding.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English