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School: Cluain Dá Iomaire (roll number 14801)

Location:
Cloondahamper (Brown), Co. Galway
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Raghallaigh
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    Diseases and Cures.
    1. Sore ear. Burn an onion and put it into the ear until cured.
    2. Nettle sting. Put a dock leaf to it.
    3. Thorn in Foot. A foxes tongue will draw it out.
    4. Dun bola - If a person has a bun bola it is a great cure to put snails to it.
    5. Chin Cough. To ask a man with a white horse for a cure.
    6. Pains in the Bones. Kill a waterhen and boil it. Then to rub the oil of it on the bones.
    7. Sore Eyes. Squeeze the juice of a certain plant into it that grow in the sides of thatched houses.
    8. Toothache. A frog in the mouth
    9. Headache. Get head measure and bind with measure (2) Drink
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joe Fahy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tigreenaun, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs Lyons
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    69
    Address
    Cottage, Co. Galway