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School: Mount Plunkett (roll number 8096)

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Mountplunkett, Co. Roscommon
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Bríd Ní Bheirn
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    Boils.
    Boils are cured with the white of an egg.
    Sciatica. The stings of nettles cure sciatica.
    Whooping Cough. The whooping cough is cured with frog soup.
    Yellow Jaundice Robin run the hedge' cures Yellow Jaundice.
    Blindness. Blindness is cured with a tobacco spit.
    Delicate people Delicate people are cured with goats milk.
    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
    Mary Killion
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Charles Fuery
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Mountplunkett, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Malacky Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    75
    Occupation
    Smith
    Address
    Killeenrevagh, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs Coyle
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    60
    Address
    Lecarrow, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Patrick Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Killeenrevagh, Co. Roscommon