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School: Cnoc Breac

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New Inn, Co. Galway
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M. Ó Maoldúin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0045, Page 0366

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    curing this disease.
    Pains in the side were cured by the application of a poultice of boiled chicken-weed to the affected part, and a well-known remedy for kidney trouble was the drinking of water in which the roots of the dandelion weed has been boiled.
    For sores pimples etc. a spit applied before breakfast for nine consecutive mornings to the sore was used as a remedy.
    Milk left by the ferret when eating was a cure for whooping cough.
    People used to go to the holy wells to seek relief for
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kevin Higgins
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derrynamanagh, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Thomas Melody
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    73
    Address
    Corrabaun, Co. Galway