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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Diana Sullivan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    9
    Address
    Tedagh, Co. Cork

  2. Local Cures

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    2. Cold tea cures sore eyes. Charles Dukelow (9yrs)
    3. Blue cures the sting of a bee. " " " "
    4. The dock leaf cures the sting of a nettle. " " " "
    5. If you get a thorn which you cannot get out, poultice it with a fox's tongue.
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    6. Poultice a sore finger with oaten meal and butter-milk.
    7. A Sty on the eye can be cured by rubbing with one's fasting spit, rubbing with a gold ring or bathing with cold tea.
    8. Melt fresh butter and sulphur and rub on to boils.
    9. Goosegrease is good for bruises.
    10. Dandelion juice cures warts.
    11. Camomile Daisy is a good rinse for fair hair.
    12. Watercress contains iron and is good for bloodlessness.
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