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School: Baldoyle Convent (roll number 11883)

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Baldoyle, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
Sr Augustine
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0792, Page 159

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    Cures
    In olden times the people of my district where I lived up to about a year ago did not believe in doctors and they always used herbs and other things as cures for their ailments. The name of the district was Rosslare Harbour and that is the district I am going to talk about in this composit-ion.
    It is generally believed that if the milk of a dandelion is applied to warts they will eventually disapear. It is also believed that if a person gets a sting and rubs a docken leaf to it, it will cure the pain.
    If goosemer is rubbed to stiffness completely Oil was supposed to be a cure for rheumat-ism.
    I got this information from my daddy
    Neol McGinn.
    "Convilla"
    Kilbarrack.
    Sutton.
    Co. Dublin.
    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
    Neol Mc Ginn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilbarrack, Co. Dublin