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School: Guaire (Goorey) (roll number 7929)

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Goorey, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Úna M. Montgomery
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1124, Page 37

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    The people in former times had remedies for ailments, such as herbs and potatoes. They used camomile for sore eyes, and sore feet. Linseed is used for a cold. It is boiled and strained and put into milk and a stalk of liquorous ball put through it. If you smell a stalk of Camomile it will mend a sore head. Horehound is good for a cough. Dandelion is good for liver complaint and wine is made out of it, and a little herb called "thyme" is good for Rheumatism. If you have a "stye" in your eye, prick it with nine points of gooseberries and throw the tenth away. Chickened is good for a bruise or sore. For a horse having a cough, Docketroots are boiled and the water is given
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lottie Stewart
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Malin, Co. Donegal