School: Killorglin (C.) (roll number 12833)

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   cure a cut
   6. To cure a sore neck harden salt and put it into a sock turned inside out, and wind the sock around your neck. If this is done, the neck is supposed to be better in the morning

   

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   1. If you had a wart on your hand and if you put a stone in a certain place for nine mornings in succession it would get better. 2. If you got a burn and if you put a bit of butter on it immediately it would get better 3. Corrageen Moss cures colds, coughs, and sore throats 4. Chicken-weed boiled in milk will c(a)ure the whooping-cough. 5. Broom would cure rheumatics 6. A fox's tongue would draw out any steel thing. 7. Cabbage leaves would cure sores 8. Bacon lard is used to cure a boil 9. If you put bread into boiling water and put it on a sore it will cure it.

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Peigí Ní Fhoghludha

   Gender

   Female