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School: Ráth Coille (roll number 15705)

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Rathkell, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Aindrias Ó Mórdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0149, Page 131

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  1. A Cure for a Pain in the Back

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    A pain in the back can be cured in the following way: Pull about ten or twleve roots of the dandelion and boil them in a quart and a pint of water for half an hour. Then strain the juice and add a sufficient supply of sugar to sweeten it. Put the juice into bottles and take a wine glassful of it every morning for fifteen morning before breakfast. This treatment was tried by Miss Celia Joyce, Glenavenew who had a pain in her back and it completely cured her.
    Annie Kate Walsh
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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)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. backache (~25)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Kate Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballymoyock, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Miss Celia Joyce
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glenavenew, Co. Mayo