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School: Druim Mór (roll number 16278)

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Dromore, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Seosamh Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0166, Page 314

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    it corked in a bottle for a month. Then drink the liquid and it will take away the asthma.
    Jaundice.
    (1) The speed-wells are the only cure for the jaundice. This is how the cure is made. Pull the flowers of the speed-well and boil them in milk and then drink the liquid.

    Headaches
    If a person has a headache this is how it can be cured. Get a piece of a bultree and pare the bark upwards. Then put it into luke-warm water. Drink the water until you take a vomit. When you vomit the pain will go.
    (2) This is another cure for a headache Put some water on a spoon and in it put a pinch of salt. Drink this and while drinking it say 'In the Name of the Father Son and Holy Ghost.' Then throw
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eily Judge
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Henry Judge
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Crowagh or Dunneill Mountain, Co. Sligo