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School: Garrán, Drom Dhá Liag (roll number 11274)

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Garranes South, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Conchobhar Ó Drisceoil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0292, Page 204

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    A cough = To drink the juice of holly that grows on the north side of a ditch.
    Broken ribs = To rub the juice of Wild sage to them.
    Boils = To rub the juice of the roots of bluebells to them
    Wild fire = To rub the blood of a black cat to it.
    A sprain = To put the sprained place under a water-fall
    A cut = To rub rib-leaf and cream to it.
    Whooping-cough = To drink the juice of sweet clover.
    Pains in the bones = To rub goose grease to them
    Warts = To rub to them the froth of potatoes when they are boiling.
    A burn = A person who would lick an "Easculurac'
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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
    Collector
    Eileen Hickey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloghdonnell, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Hickey
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    49
    Address
    Cloghdonnell, Co. Cork