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School: Páirc Íseal (C.) (roll number 4794)

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Lowpark, Co. Mayo
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Sorcha Ní Dhumhnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0117, Page 92

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    Woodbine:-
    Chew the stem for one month.
    Erysipelas:- Rose.
    A Family of Gallaghers in Cloodfan [?] (Belters) had the cure of this.
    2. The mearing waters before sunrise on Monday and Thursday was supposed to cure this as well as Ringworm.
    Lying in Fever.
    Soup if wild birds was the infallible cure. (Boiled whole, - feathers and all)
    Dust in Eye:-
    1. Get a person to put his tongue in the eye and it will remove the dust.
    2. Get a nursing Mother to put the milk into the eye and it will take out the dust.
    3. Make the sign of the cross on your eye nine times and the dust will come out.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Doherty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lowpark, Co. Mayo