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School: Glanworth (B.) (roll number 4837)

Location:
Glanworth, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Liam Ó Ríoghbhardáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0373, Page 087

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    Burns
    A piece of the bark of an elder tree, ground very fine. Two ounces of this powder and and two ounces of Lard, when mixed into a paste and applied to the effected part is said to cure a burn.
    Stye
    To cure a stye in a person's eye get the person to rub his own fasting spit to the effected part. Another cure for a stye is to look through a widow's wedding ring and make the sign of the cross.
    "Infectious Diseases"
    All infectious diseases may be cured by the parent or relative of the sick person on seeing a man with a white horse passing the house where the sick person is and by going out and asking
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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
    Patrick O Neill
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glanworth, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mrs Anne Linehan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    58
    Address
    Glanworth, Co. Cork