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School: Craughwell (Girls)

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Craughwell, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Margaret M. Callanan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0035, Page 0031

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  1. Local Cures - Rahasane, Craughwell

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    Eileen Concannon
    Rahasane
    In our place the following cures are used for warts.
    This is one cure to get 3 thrawneens and make the sign of the Cross 3 times in the name of the 3 Divine Persons between 3 different fingers.
    Another cure is to bury a piece of meat in some place where it will rot and as the meat is rotting the wart will be decaying.
    This is a cure we have for a Stye to make the sign of the Cross 3 times every tuesday with a gold ring on your eye.
    In the spring time people boil young nettles and drink the water as cure for pimples, boils and all skin diseases.
    For a pain in the ear a piece of roasted ontion is put in the ear at night.
    A cure for a whitlow is to strike the sore finger against the water that is coming from a pot when potatoes are boiling.
    A cure for boils also is to place a snail under an egg cup
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Concannon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rahasane, Co. Galway