School: Lios Gúl, Mainistir na Corann (roll number 4230)
- Location:
- Lisgoold North, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Cathasaigh
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“In the olden days Doctors were scarce and people had...”
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“A person who has warts gets a snail and rubs him...”
A person who has warts gets a snail and rubs him to the wart and hangs him on a white thorn tree and when he is decaying the warts are decaying.
A person who has erysipelas on his head cuts off the hair and and shakes dry flour on the head and it is said to cure it.
A person who has asthma gets nettles and burns them in the fire and inhales the smoke and it is said to ease it.
A person who has a cut finger or a cut leg gets the blood weed and puts it to the cut and it stops the flow of blood.