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School: Killuran / Cill Úráin (roll number 14658)

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Killuran, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Thomas Mc Inerney
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0588C, Page 09_022

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    The people long ago had a lot of cures. Every herb that grew they got a cure out of it. They had a cure for sprains. They got bog-onion and boiled it and they rubbed the juice of it to the sprain. If a person has a toothache they would put a bit of tobacco into it. If a person got a pain in his side he would spit under a stone and the pain would be gone in a few minutes. If a cow had a sore eye they would get an ivy tree
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Mac Mahon
    Gender
    Male