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School: Droichead na Ceathramhna

Location:
Bridgecartron or Derrycashel, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
S. Pléimeann

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0232, Page 329

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Local Cures (continued)

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the ear is got by putting olive-oil, on cotton wool, into the ear.

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Local Cures

The cure of the boil is got around here by a leaf which grows in John Milmoe's land, on the left hand side of the road about a mile from Ballyfarnon. This leaf is warmed at the fire, and then it is put on the boil and it will cure it.

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Collector
John Tobin
Gender
male
Address
Bridgecartron or Derrycashel, Co. Roscommon
Informant
John Milmoe
Gender
male
Age
35
Address
Kilronan, Co. Roscommon
Language
English