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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0088, Page 350

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    without looking for it, and bathe the wart with the water, and it will melt away.
    A cure for corns is to walk in the bog in your feet and the corns will fall out.
    The cure for the fever is to pump the cow's udder.
    A sting of a nettle is a cure for rheumatisim.
    The cure for the staggers is to cut the cow's ear and bleed it, and the staggers leave her.
    A dogs link is a sure for a running sore.
    The heart of a docken leaf is a cure for a cut.
    Anthony Joyce, Drumgarive told the above list of cures and they were collected and written by Risteárd O Ceallaigh. Drumgarive 31-3-1938
    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
    Risteárd Ó Ceallaigh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumgarve, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Anthony Joyce
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumgarve, Co. Mayo