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School: Mungret (C.) (roll number 11784)

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Mungret, Co. Limerick
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Bean Mhic Aodhagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0528, Page 160

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    Local Cures
    Disease / Cure
    Tooth-ache Put a but of tobbacco into it and it will take away the pain and put bread-soda into it.
    Head-ache Warts A cup of strong hot tea. Wash the warts in the water you get in the hole of a cave that you are not looking for.
    Sore eyes Make the sign of the crossover your eye with a gold ring then look through it. Wash them in cold black tea.
    Measles Drink the milk left after a ferret.
    Thrush Honey and Borics.
    Chin cough The milk of a white mare and the milk left after a weazel.
    Burn Cover the burn with oil and flour. Cover it with ink.
    Burn But the bark of an Elm tree into a pint of water
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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
    Peggy Fitzgerald
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Islandduane, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Mr T. Fitzgerald
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    59
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Islandduane, Co. Limerick