School: Páirc na nDriseóg (roll number 14294)

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1. Old Customs (continued)

   

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   Mary Nicholson.
   Dangan, Derreen Post Office
   Ballyglunin, Co. Galway

   Got from my father - Mr Michael Nicholson.

   

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2. Cures

   

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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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   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