Scoil: Shanagolden (B.) (uimhir rolla 3786)

Ar an leathanach seo

1. Local Cures (ar lean)

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

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   which are known locally still.

   For a sprain: March mallow is got, washed and cut up into little slices. Those are put into some new milk, and left by the fireside simmering slowly, until they turn into a thickish paste. Then half a pound of unsalted butter is added to a quart of the paste and mixed with it. The mixture was spread on a woollen cloth and placed to the sprain.

   For nose bleeding: Some damp moss was got and placed to the nostril. Another cure was to tie a cord tightly around the little finger of the left hand.

   For colds and weakness of the chest, carrigeen moss was picked off the rocks at the seashore, washed and boiled in new milk. then the milk was drunk.

   For consumption: The following superstitious ceremony was believed to be a cure for consumption. When a member of a family died of this disease and when the

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   Tras-scríofa ag duine dár meitheal tras-scríbhneoirí deonacha.

   Stair Athraigh

   Topaicí

   1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. cleachtas an leighis
         1. leigheas dúchasach (~11,815)

   Teanga

   Béarla

   Bailitheoir

   Michael Mulvihill

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   Fireann

   Faisnéiseoir

   Michael Moroney

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   Fireann

   Aois

   c. 50

   Seoladh

   Moin Dáibhí, Co. Luimnigh