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School: Beglieve

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Beglieve, Co. Cavan
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Brigid Duffy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1016, Page 006

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    For a sore throat roast salt on a pot lid put in a stocking and tie round the throat.
    For a sprained ankle boil chicken weed, make into a poultice and apply very hot to the wounded part.
    For a strengthening tonic the people boiled dandelion, strained it, and added sugar and milk. This drink was known as dandelion tea and was considered very good. For measles "nettle tea" was made. Some people used the leaves, while
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Lynch
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Beglieve, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mrs M. Mc Cabe
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    85