School: Clochar na Trocaire

Location:
Tuam, Co. Galway
Teacher:
an tSiúr M. Oilibhéir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0027, Page 0115

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    the Weavers for a piece of the flannel theras and put it around the sprained toe. It is bliaved that it would cure it.
    Toothache. The cure for a toothache is to put a worm in a bottle when the worm dies the toothache will go.
    Whooping cough. If you meet a woman who has married a man with the same name as herself, borrow a piece of bread from her and give it to the person who has the whooping cough it is a sure cure for it.
    A wasps sting. A cure for a sting of a wasp is a raw onion and blue.
    Ring worm. A cure for ring worm is to write your name around it.
    To boil nettles and drink the juice is a cure for carrabuncles.
    A nettle sorch. A dockleaf is a uased to ease the pain of a nettle sorch.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maura Cronin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tuam, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs Lohan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tuam, Co. Galway