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School: Barrlinn

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Inchinarihen, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Máire Ní Chruadhlaoich
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0282, Page 095

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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Cronin
    Gender
    Female

  2. Home Cures

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    For pneumonia and chest troubles people here soak the wool of a black sheep in whiskey or poteen and heat it and apply it to the chest. It is a splendid cure.
    If a person were to lick an easluacra with his tongue he could always cure a burn by licking it.
    Donkey's milk is good for whooping cough
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