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School: Currach Saileach (roll number 13800)

Location:
Curraghsallagh, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Séamus Mag Fhloinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0243, Page 085

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    Swelling : -
    (1) put a coin to it (2) cow manure
    (3) keep bathing it in cold water
    (4) goose grease.
    Warts : -
    (1) rub a fasting spit of it
    (2) rub water taken from a hollow in a limestone rock or in a stone (3) wax
    (4) rub a black snail of it
    (5) wash it in washing soda.
    Oidhreach : -
    (1) rub grease on it (2) cream (3) flour or soda.
    Chilblains : -
    rub an onion on it.
    Corns : -
    (1) put fat bacon on it (2) ivy leaf
    (3) walk in a soft bog (4) candle grease
    (5) wash it in washing soda
    (6) put bluestone on it.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pat Duffy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Curraghsallagh, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs Philip Duffy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Curraghsallagh, Co. Roscommon