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School: Baile na Cille (roll number 1320)

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

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0051, Page 0015

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Local Cures

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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Local Cures

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

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Local Cures

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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Collector
John Martin
Gender
male
Address
Lisheeny, Co. Galway
Informant
John Downey
Gender
male
Address
Baunyknav, Co. Galway
Language
English