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Cartronavally, Co. Roscommon
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Cáit, Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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    An old cure for a sprain.
    In olden times when money was a great obstacle and especially in my district because the people were a remarkably poor race they (the people) were unable to pay a doctor or a nurse to cure their poor patients. Therefore they had to place confidence in themselves to bring relief to their sick.
    The people always had great belief in the efficiency of a poultice to cure a pain, a boil or a sprained joint.
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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)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. sprains (~94)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rose A. Guihen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrow Beg, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs Gaffney
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    89
    Address
    Cartronavally, Co. Roscommon