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School: Baile an Daingin (C.) (roll number 4828)

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Ballindine, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire de Staic
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0096, Page 628

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  2. Cures IV

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    The cure the people used have long ago for a stone - bruise was to boil the leaves of a bohulaun in oatmeal and put it to the bruise to draw it. For a sore mouth they used to mix soda and buttermilk and rub it on the sore. For a sty on the eye they used get a thorn of a gooseberry bush and stab it with the thorn.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Butler
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Butler
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Carrowlena, Co. Mayo

  3. Cures V

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    If you had warts on your eyes stealing a bit of meat was a cure but to bury it. "Buacaill an tighe" is a cure for sore eyes. Garlic is a cure for a rash. It is also good for a horse if he had a pain. An old cure for
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