School: Tolerton, Ballylickmoyler (roll number 11321)

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1. Local Cures (continued)

   

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   and ulcers. He cures warts from olive oil and castor oil and the juice of various herbs mixed together. He makes the cures for boils from milk and bread. He makes ointment for ulcers. There is a man named, Thomas Edmonds in Garrendenny who can lift a dropped breast - bone. There is a woman in Killeshin named Mrs Curran. This woman is said to have a cure for childrens fever and the yellow jaundice. It is said that she cured many people of those diseases. If you have a sty on your eye, get a thorn off of a gooseberry - bush, and stick it in the sty, and it will go away. There is a woman in Ardateggle named Mrs Conlon who

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Gwen Atkinson

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Monavea, Co. Laois

   Informant

   Mrs Atkinson

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Monavea, Co. Laois