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School: Glasthule (St Joseph's Boys)

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Glasthule, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
P. Ó Cuinneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0796, Page 171

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    When a person got a disease long ago, a herb of some kind was used as a cure.
    When a person got a sprain in the ankle he or she, would send out for marshmallow which is a geranium-like plant and grows wild along the country ditches. The plant was taken in and pounded up. It was then mixed with lard, so as to form and ointment, and rubbed on the sprain. Not long after the sprain would heal.
    When a person got a sty in the eye, a withered branch, with a thorn on it, was broken off a gooseberry-bush.
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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
    Gearód Ó hEaslip
    Gender
    Male