School: Tiobraid Árann (B.) (roll number 1285)

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   “Many old people have old cures and they are quite simple and they are easy.”

   

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   Many old people have old cures and they are quite simple and they are easy. These are some. If you have chillblanes on your hands or your feet get a piece of fresh lard and mix it with a pinch of mustard then put it on the range in a saucer and wait till it melts then rub it on your chillblanes. There is also another cure for them as well it is to get a raw onion and it to the chillblanes.

   

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      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)
   2. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. buildings
            1. schools (~4,094)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Terry O' Brien

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Tipperary, Co. Tipperary

   Informant

   Mrs O' Brien

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Tipperary, Co. Tipperary

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   “If you go into a house where there is an old woman or an old man...”

   

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   If you go into a house where there is an old woman or an old man you will hear many old sayings. Such as a store a croide, as black as

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Terry O' Brien

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Tipperary, Co. Tipperary

   Informant

   Mrs O' Brien

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Tipperary, Co. Tipperary