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School: Mount Stewart, Ceapach Chuinn

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Mountstuart, Co. Waterford
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Úna, Bean Uí Chonaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0643, Page 190

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  1. Cures (continued)

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    a rag in it. Luibh na Seacht nGádh is a cure for seven diseases. Robinín Run the Ditch is a cure for pains.
    Luibh Anall Saora is a cure for nervousness.
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  2. Cures

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    The cures of long ago were a lot different to the cures of today. People used to do the queerest things to cure diseases. They used to put a frog into their mouth to cure a toothache and lick a lizard with their tongue and there would be a cure for a burn on the tongue which has licked the lizard. They also tied a child to the belly of a black donkey to cure a whooping cough.
    They say if a child drank donkey's milk they
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eamonn Meehan
    Gender
    Male