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School: Croghan

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Croghan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Domhnall Ó Módhráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0237, Page 172

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    lodges in it is a cure for warts, or another cure is to get a snail and hang him up ion wire until he withers and then rub him on the "warts".
    Nettles when boiled are a great blood purifier and it is said that the person that eats three meals of nettles in March will not need a doctors bottle for the year.
    House leek is a cure for sore eyes and to get ten gooseberry thorns and point nine of them to your eyes and throw away the tenth is a cure for a sty.
    Coltsfoot when boiled with water is a cure for a Winters cold.
    Mrs Cox Croghan has a cure for scurvy.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Cormac Meehan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    66
    Address
    Carrowmore, Co. Roscommon