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School: Cromghlinn (C) (roll number 15411)

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Crumlin, Co. Galway
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Cáit Ní Óbáin
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    “A cure for Rheumatism in the older days was to get the bark of an oak tree, boil it an drink a glass of it every night.”

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    A cure for Rheumatism in the olden days was to get the bark of an oak tree, boil it and drink a glass of it every night. A cure for the whooping cough is to go across the back of an ass and to go under him and drink his milk. A cure for yellow jaundice is to get a glass of porter and boil it along with goat's droppings and to drink the juice of it. A cure for warts is to get a stone with water in it and put it on the warts and to say when you would be putting on the water "Uisce cloc, cloc in earraid". A cure for boils is to go to a stream that would be running at twelve o'clock at
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. rheumatism (~57)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Fhaoithe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilskeagh, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Sean Ó Fhaoithe
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Kilskeagh, Co. Galway