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  1. A Sweat-House

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    A sweat house
    Some sixty or seventy years ago the people had great belief in the efficiency of taking a sweat for the cure of rheumatism; and for this reason "sweat-houses" were constructed. They were made of bricks, and were generally built into a bank, there were no chimneys or windows in these quaint domiciles.
    A person requiring a sweat sent word to the owner of the sweat-house, and immediately a huge fire was put down and the door of the sweat-house closed. When the house was thoroughly heated the fire was taken away. Each person brought a leaf of cabbage and put
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Guihen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cartron Beg, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Myles Mc Morrow
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    62
    Address
    Cartron Beg, Co. Roscommon