School: Druim Snámha (roll number 14057)

Location:
Drumsna, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seán Ó Haodha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0213, Page 071

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0213, Page 071

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  1. Marshmallows are a good cure for rheumatism in your bones and also for swellings when you boil it in a pot with a little water and rub it to the sore part. Most people say that if you get a snail and rub him three times to a wart and hang him up in a white throw tree, while the snail is fading the wart will be going away day by day.
    Garlic is said to be a cure for a cold, if you boil it in butter-milk. It is the best thing every took for a cold.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Lenehan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killasanowl, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mrs M. Lenehan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killasanowl, Co. Leitrim