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School: Fothanach (roll number 7980)

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Fothannach, Co. na Gaillimhe
Teacher:
Diarmuid Ó Conghaile
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  2. Local Cures

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    2. To cure whooping-cough the milk left after a ferret was drunk. Aspen-leaves boiled in water was another cure. A dockleaf cures a nettle-burn. By leaving nine gooseberry thorns (and leave them) one after another on a sty people removed a sty in a night.
    One time there was a man in our village who had a lump under his chin. It was very sore and he could not eat anything. A woman named Mary Finnerty told him to get a few snails and break them up and make a poultice of them. The man did so and the next morning the lump was broken.
    Garlic cured lumps on a person's hand.
    To cure a cold a person drank buttermilk boiled with meal and sugar added.
    Thomas Cahill,
    Lisnascreena.
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    3. A plantain leaf cured a burn. Foxglove cured a sore throat. Goose-grease cured a cramp.
    John Power,
    Fohenagh.
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