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School: Ráth Maoláin (roll number 16131)

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Rathmullen, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Laoise Ní Ruairc
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0185, Page 0580

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    a dog's lick, if you rub a black snal on a wart it will cure it, a fox's tongue will draw a thorn. The old people of this district a great number of cures for a toothache. It is cured by putting nitre, washing-soda, mustard, or Sloan's Linement in the tooth or teeth affected, or by putting a dead person's finger on the tooth, or by smoking a clay-pipe. Comfrey leaves were used for chest trouble. The leaves were also boiled and the juice drunk, this juice is also used to reduce swelling. Red clover was used as treatment for cancer.
    The lily of the valley root was a cure for heart disease. The root was boiled and the juice drunk.
    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
    Eilís Ní Corcoráin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rathmullen, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Thomas Corcoran
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Rathmullen, Co. Sligo