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School: Dún na nGall (roll number 2252)

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Donegal, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
E. E. Oldfield
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1036, Page 012

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    Garlic is a cure for rheumatoid pains and cramps in the stomach. Some milk is boiled and put into a cup with the garlic and then drunk by the person.
    Broom plant is a cure for swelling, the leaves of the broom are boiled, strained, and the water is drunk for the cure.
    Fairy thimbles are a cure for itching spots on feet. The fairy thimbles have to be pulled before sunset and made into a poultice and put on the spots for the cure.
    Bogbine is a herb which grows in the bog, the roots are long and thin and have to be dug out of the ground, they have to be well washed, boiled, strained and bottled. It keeps some time and is of a brown colour. A small glassful taken every morning before breakfast is a very good cure for cleaning the blood.
    The leaves of the castor oil plant are a cure for sore eyes. The
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs J. Ellis
    Other names
    Mrs J. Ellis
    Mrs Whyte
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    35
    Address
    Donegal, Co. Donegal