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School: Gort na Gaoithe (roll number 14218)

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Windfield, Co. Galway
Teacher:
M. Ó Lócháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0046, Page 0038

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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Joe Crehan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    11
    Address
    Cloonavihony, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mark Crehan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonavihony, Co. Galway

  3. Local Cures

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    The cure for warts is to wash them with the water that lies on the top of a stone when not looking for it. A foxes tongue is a cure for a thorn that cannot be taken out.
    Crowfoot is an herb and is supposed be a cure for rheumatic by boiling it and then rubbing it of the rheumatic part. Ivy was an old cure for sore feet by boiling it and then rubbing it of the feet.
    The cure for boils is to wash them in a stream that divides three townlands.
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