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1. Local Cures (continued)

   

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   cure for yellow jaundice. Garlic was used for a sore throat. Goose grease was used for swollen joints and sprains, it was a great cure. White bread and water was used for sore eyes and the first water that was found on May Day was also a cure. Bruised mash mallow was used for sprains and strains. Dandelions was used as a cure for kidney trouble. Nettles boiled were used for purifying the blood. For stings of bees or wasps a cut onion was used, and for nettle stings a dock leaf was rubbed into the sting. For burns, flour was used, first it was burned brown and put on the burn. Honey was used for colds in the chest.

   
   Holy wells were used for many cures. There is a well in this district known as Tubber Grellan from which the town land gets its name. It is situated about two miles west of Ballinasloe on the main road to Killconnell. This well is used for a lot of cures. In former times people used to visit it frequently to pray and leave little religious objects on a white thorn tree beside the well. It is said that attempts were made to close this well but each time the water gushed up and kept the well open..

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Miss Eily Ahern

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Garbally Demesne, Co. Galway