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1. Local Cures (continued)

   

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   father would have a cure for ring-worm.

   Got from Mrs. Golding Killaan Woodlawn.
   Asked by Crissie Golding Killaan Woodlawn.

   If you have a toothache and if it is a decayed tooth, a small piece of powdered alum placed in the tooth will give relief. To fast from meat on Wednesday and you will never get a toothache or to get water and hold it in your mouth and sit by the fire until the water boils and the toothache will go.

   A child that never saw its father has a cure for ringworm.

   A cure fore sore throat to get roast potatoes and put them in a sock and put it around your throat.

   Cure for a stye

   Use an eye bath and bathe the eye night and morning in salt and water one small teaspoonful of salt and put on a poultice of tea leaves

   Whooping Cough

   Put one tablespoonful of glycerine in a glass of hot milk and this will give relief

   Ringworm
   Disolve a lump of washing soda in

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Lena Kenny

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Hillswood, Co. Galway

   Informant

   Mrs Kenny

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Hillswood, Co. Galway