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School: Sruthán an Aifrinn (roll number 13982)

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Massbrook Lower, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Mhóráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0149, Page 433

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    Those are some of the cures the the old people have. For a pain in the knee or in the side they put a mustard plaster on it. An ivy leaf put on a cut will stop blood poison. For cold in the eyes wash them in black tea. A foxes tongue will draw out a thorn. Put vinegar on a brown paper and leave it on your head for five minutes is a cure for a pain in the head. Water grass is a cure for a weak heart. Boil mountain sedge and put sugar on it is a cure for the cold.
    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
    Joseph Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Massbrook Lower, Co. Mayo