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School: Fíodhnach (B.), Ráthluirc (roll number 4469)

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Feenagh, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Seán Ó Scolaidhe
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    very good for the blood. When a person has a boil a poultice of linseed meal or white bread is put into it. A cure for a wart is to make a ring around it with a snail, then stick the snail in a thorn of a bush and when and when the snail dies and the wart goes. A cure for yellow jaundice is to boil worms in water, mix the water with milk and give it to the patient.
    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
    Michael Mc Carthy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilmurry (Archer), Co. Limerick