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School: Saggart

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0793, Page 12

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    (1) In older times people used to eat dandelion for health purposes
    (2) If a child had a Whooping cough the old people used to catch a glow-worm and tie it around the childs neck.
    (3) People used forge water to cure warts They used go to the forge and dip the wart in the water which the black smith had used to cool the horses shoes
    (4) If a child had a sty on his eye it is said that if he went to a married woman named Mary and let her rub her wedding ring on the sty three times he would be cured
    (5)The ringworm is supposed to be cured by the blood
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    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
    Áine Nic Diarmuda
    Gender
    Female