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School: Dunally (roll number 12752)

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Doonally, Co. Sligo
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Florence Egan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0160, Page 084

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    Liquorice is good for coughs, colds, and hoarseness.
    Rhubarb, a small dose will cure diarrhoea
    Marshmallow for asthma, dysentery, and kidney trouble.
    Mustard is good for indigestion and dropsy.
    Linseed is used largely for coughs, mixtures, when ground makes an excellent poultice.
    Ginger is used for cold, spasms, and pains in the stomach.
    Comfrey for chest complaints, excellent for poulticing obstinate ulcers.
    Blood is used for ringworm.
    Elder is useful for urinary troubles, rheumatism, gout, dropsy, and colds.
    Clover is used for coughs.
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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
    Peter Conan Casey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Hazelwood Demesne, Co. Sligo