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Shrule, Co. Mayo
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0102, Page 122

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    Ringworm was cured by writing the person's name around the edge of the sore.
    A plant called the "buachaill tighe", which grows on the edge of house gables, was used as a cure for corns.
    The water in a stone trough in a blacksmith's forge was used to cure warts.
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    Turpentine well sprinkled on a flannel cloth and applied was a great cure for a sore back. Another cure for a pain in the back was to rub it with a hot smoothing iron, over a piece of flannel.
    A great cure for wild fire was to throw three spits on the floor on each of the two Monday mornings, and on the Thursday between.
    The person with the wild fire should be fasting and should gather the spits, an make the Sign of the Cross on the wild fire with the spits.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maggie Meneghan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gorteens, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Johnny Meneghan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    63
    Address
    Gorteens, Co. Mayo