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School: Leac Dhearg (Lickerrig)

Location:
Lickerrig, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Dubhda
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0034, Page 0074

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  1. Local Cures (continued)

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    Blood Poison
    I
    A lick of a dog's tongue is a cure for blood-poison.
    Thorn
    I
    To leave a piece of a foxe's tongue where a thorn is, will heal and draw the thorn out.
    Cut or Wound.
    I
    A lick of a dog's tongue is a cure for a cut or wound.
    II
    To leave St Patricks leaf on a cut could cure it.
    Burn.
    I
    Paraffin oil, and bread soda is a cure for a burn.
    II
    To leave a foxes tongue on a burn it would cure it.
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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)
    Language
    English