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School: Na Creaga

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Creggs, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Liam Ó Breandáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0015, Page 062

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    A cure for a boil is to mix soap and sugar together and make a plaster of it and leave it on the boil. In a few days the boil will be cured.
    A cure for a corn is to get a piece of bread and dip it in vinegar and leave it on the corn. After a short time it will draw out the corn.
    Lamp-oil is a cure for a burn.
    A cure for a thorn is to leave a foxes tongue on it and it will draw out the thorn.
    A cure for a whooping-cough is to ask a man who has a white horse for the cure and whatever the man says will cure the whooping-cough.
    A cure for a hic-cough is
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peter Mc Guire
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Fairfield, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Patrick Mc Guire
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Fairfield, Co. Galway