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School: Strang's Mills, Kilmacow

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Strangsmill, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Richard Rellis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0845, Page 233

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    (It brought out the measles)
    Sheeps saffron was gathered from the fields & boiled in milk and given to the patient was supposed to be a certain cure for the "measles"
    The blood from the offspring of a Cahill father & a Cahill mother that is the father must be a Cahill & the mother must be a Cahill will cure a disease called "St Anthony's Fire (probably shingles) when the patient was brought to the Cahill person (man or woman) Cahill put a twine around his finger & bled the finger & then put the blood around the "sore". This was done & the sore cured.
    The juice from the dock root was supposed to cure nettle stings.
    Blue is used for the sting of a wasp or bee.
    The plaintain (slánlus) is used for stopping bleeding, especially the bleeding from a cut leg, hand or finger.
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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)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    James Cullen
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 60
    Address
    Smartscastle West, Co. Kilkenny