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Skibbereen, Co. Cork
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Micheál Ó Cuileanáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0297, Page 191

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  1. Traditional Cures

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    There are many traditional cures in use still. I will now write down some traditional cures, which I got from my grandmother.
    Warts
    It is said that forge water is a cure for warts. Some girls say that if you counted the number of warts in your hands and put the same number of stones into a bag as the warts, and throw the bag on the road, that the first person to pick up the bag would take the warts.
    Burns
    If a person gets burned a raw potato is put on to the burn and this is a cure. It is said that a dock root is a cure for a burn from a nettle.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Conchubhar Ó Dálaigh
    Gender
    Male