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School: Cúl Umha (Cailíní)

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Cooloo, Co. Galway
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Bríd Ní Mhurchú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0081, Page 313

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    Long ago the people had cures for certain diseases. They were able to cure themselves from different herbs for sore eyes the people got the juice of a snail and rub it on the sore eyes and they would be cured.
    If a person had a cut on their hand and to get a cobweb and put it on the sore it would be cured.
    If a person had boils and to rub 'muc na gCaorach' of it they would be healed. 'Muc na gCaorach' is a flower and it is found in the boggy land
    A person who never saw their father he had a cure for sore lips. If he breathed on the person who had sore lips he would be cured.
    For a sore ear they old people reddened an iron and let a drop of water on it. They held it over the sore ear and let a drop of it fall into it and they were cured.
    They made a bottle from "slamog" for sores
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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
    Tréasa Ní Dhonnchada
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Elmhill, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs Michael Donohue
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Elmhill, Co. Galway