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School: Na Creaga

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Creggs, Co. Galway
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0015, Page 257

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    Corns :- Boiled ivy leaves rubbed on to the corns
    Warts :-Water found in a hole in a stone and rubbed on the warts, but a pin should be left in the hole and when the pin gets rusty the warts will go.
    Nerves :- Water cress eaten three times a day.
    Stomach doubles :- Three feeds of Indian stir about to be taken each day for nine days.
    Boils :- Fresh fat pork to be uses as a poultice
    Stys :- Ten gooseberry thorns to be pulled, the points of nine of them to be pressed gently against eh sty, and the tenth to be thrown away
    Burns :- Bread soda and soap rubbed on, prevents it from blistering
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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
    Mary Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Creggs, Co. Galway
    Informant
    M. J. Kelly
    Gender
    Unknown
    Address
    Creggs, Co. Galway