School: Coillte Mághach (roll number 12520)

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1. Local Cures (continued)

   

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   sores.
   A fox's tongue was a much more prized recipe for the same afflication, as also was the root of the comfrey plant.
   A decoction of the cnádán (pronounced crádán) or burdock was also considered beneficial in illness of the respiratory organs.
   The dandelion is consideered useful in case of stomach trouble.
   In chin-cough or whooping-cough as it is better known nowadays, the cure was to ask a cure of a man riding on a white horse going beneath and around the horse's legs.
   For different kinds of rashes a cure resided in the hand of the seventh son of a family.
   Billeoga báidhte (water cress) boiled in milk and water is considered in some districts a cure for jaundice.
   For sprains nothing can surpass the spraining thread. This is procured from a weaver. If you want one you must not ask for it directly. You

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Máirtín Ó Cearbhaill

   Gender

   Male