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1. Cures (continued)

   

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   the same sorts of ailments as the cures in other parts of the Country--Running Sores, Boils, Erysipelas.
   My informant told me they use a lot of prayers, in fact a kind of ritual. But he had no superstitions about these. Those who were the repositories of the secrets at the beginning he says wanted, as is the custom in all ages and nations, to envelop them and themselves in mysterious awe, and so enhance--after a tendency so dear to the heart--their own reputation and thus their power for Good or Evil among their credulous neighbours. In course of time the thing became a tradition, a kind of formula, though the original intention was forgotten: And the naming of certain days for the applying of the plaster was merely a necessary precaution as any doctor of the present day will say to you--"Don't take off that plaster (his own) for three days"

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Micheál Ó Gealbháin

   Gender

   Male