School: Naomh Eoin, Béal Easa (roll number 14176)

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1. Leigheasanna (continued)

   

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   The most painful of all are corns in hot weather. For those the best is the slime of the fish which is found along the lake in Summer.

   Lilywhite root for drawing out the germ of a boil.

   For ringworm the butter that is churned in May, mixed with sulpher and rub it on the place, in is put around the mark to spot it from spreading.

   

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2. Cures

   

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   In olden times doctors were very seldom used. An old woman says that she once gave a cure to a doctor for his own illness. The cure was a herb, and the doctor sent away for the seed of it, and grew it himself.

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Nora Howley

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Foxford, Co. Mayo

   Informant

   Mrs Morrison

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Foxford, Co. Mayo