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School: Drom Bhaoghalláin (roll number 7981)

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Ardcarn, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
M. Pagnam
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0231, Page 235

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    Local cures
    Some milk would be given to a ferret to drink it. He would not be allowed to finish it, and it would be given to the sick child.
    Cold Garlic boiled in milk was considered a very good thing for a common cold.
    Wart A cure for a wart was to rub a black snail to it, and the wart would wither away. To wash a wart in water in the hollow of a stone this was a cure also.
    Burns Anyone who licked a man keeper was said to have the cure of a burn.
    Rheumatism A popular cure for rheumatism was Sweating houses. They were small stone houses from five to seven feet in breadth with a low door through which one must creep. Near this house was a large pond of water. A great fire used to be kindled inside till the place became heated all over, then the embers
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen O' Brien
    Gender
    Female