School: Baile na Cille (roll number 1320)

Location:: Ballynakill, Co. Galway
Teacher:: Éinrí Ó Mainnín

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be cured.

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If a person has a pain in his ear, it is said if he applies a poultice of a roasted onion to it, it is supposed to cure the pain.

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Collector: John Martin
Gender: male
Address: Lisheeny, Co. Galway

Informant: Hugh Martin
Gender: male
Address: Lisheeny, Co. Galway

Language: English

Local Cures

A very strange cure for boils is a poultice of turpentine, soap and sugar.

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If a person suffering from cramps gets a piece of copper wire and ties it around the place where he suffers from them, it it said he will be cured before nine days.

If a person suffering from teeth-ache drinks (hot) cold tea without any milk in it, it is

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