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School: Páirc na nDriseóg (roll number 14294)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0083, Page 081

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    Cures
    Meach na Caoirigh is a cure for coughs and colds. It grows in the field. It has a flower and boil the roots of it with liquorice and sugar. It would do without liquorice or sugar but it would be hard to drink it.
    Luibh na Saora is a cure for cuts. It grows in the garden. Take a leaf from it and heat it. Clap it between your hands until it is soft, then put it on the cut and put a cloth over it.
    If you had a sore mouth
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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
    May Loughlin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cooloorta, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs Margaret Fahy
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    75