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School: Kilmorgan (roll number 12444)

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Kilmorgan, Co. Sligo
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Kathleen M. Doyle
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0183, Page 267

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    other body aliments. This herb has to be boiled on milk, and left boiling for an hour, then when it is boiled it has to be mixed with load bread and make a poultice of it. Then this poultice has to be put on the place where the pain is.
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    This is a cure told to me by my grandfather, it is a cure for dogs and pigs that take diptheria.
    It grows in our garden, it is called ''Dog Root''. This root has to be boiled on water, to and when it is boiled, it has to be given to the animal on milk to drink. It has to be given three times in sucession.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Vincent Nealon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonlurg, Co. Sligo