School: Craig Dhubh

Location:
Cregduff, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Séamus Mac Giobúin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0101, Page 454

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    cross in the cut with it. The cut was said to be healed in a week.
    Stings: They has an easy cure for stings. If they got a sting from a dearg daol they cured it by rubbing another dead one of it.
    Headaches: They cured headaches in this way. there was a certain old man in the village and he measured the persons head with
    Rheumatism: Rheumatism was cured in this way. They took some of the bramble of the Elder tree and boiled
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English