School: Croisín (Crusheen) (B. & C.)

Location:
Crusheen, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Tomás Mac Bruaideadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0593B, Page 20_016

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0593B, Page 20_016

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    consisted of the bark of an older tree and litchen and nutten suit and they used to be boiled together and strained through a fine cloath and let harden and then put on the burn.The Mullan pland used for curing pains in the bones.Crow foot and copprice used for curing Ringworm Hemleock for taking down swelling .Yarrow for curing Rheumatism .There is a blessed well in the parish of Crusheen which cures soar eyes.When the people got warts if they came across a hole of water in a stone when they would not be looking for it and to put the sign of the cross in the cross in the warts three times with the thum of the right hand.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seán Ó Scannláin
    Gender
    Male