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School: Druim Snámha (roll number 14057)

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Drumsna, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seán Ó Haodha
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    Bluestone is used as a cure for a toothache.
    Dock leaves are used as a cure for a sting of a nettle.
    If you have wart on you and get a black snail and rub it on the warts and then throw the snail up a bush, according as the snail is dying the warts are going off you.
    If there is a child that never saw his father it is said that it has a cure for a pain in the back.
    Copper wire is used as a cure for blackley.
    Tormontil is used for blackleg
    Some people use the dandelion for purifying the blood.
    Barragee moss is used for burns
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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
    Nancy O' Boy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lavagh, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mrs William O' Boy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lavagh, Co. Leitrim