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   The people long ago were great for making cures out of herbs and other things. (1) A great cures for hurt or pleurisy was wild sage. It was prepared like this for a hurt It was chopped and squeezed in spring water and then applyed to the hurt For pleurisy it should be boiled and drawn like tea and mixed with brown sugar and lickeristick.
   In the olden times they were some people with evil eyes. Such people would overlook any animal they would put their eye on if they would not say the words "God bless it". The cure they had for the animal that would be overlooked was bounds-water or go for the person if he was to been known and make him say "God bless it".
   1/ Dandelion = a cure for a bad stomack and this is the way to prepare it, you must dig up the roots wash it boil it and strain it 2/ Smearment = a green plant like the dandelion and is a cure for a sick calf grind it up and give it in [?] 3/ Soot = If anyone happened to drink anything poisonus disolve soot in water and drink it. 4/ Yearra = a cure for a cut, this is the way to prepair it, pound it between two stones mix it with cream and put it to the cut. 5/ Cupóg leaf = for a nettle burn 6/ Pennyleaf - a cure for corns to pound it between your hands 7/ Hemlock = If a horse gets a fercy to put it up to the fercy and a bandage around it 8/ Sooty Straw = a cure for a cow if they get the blanes to put it under the cow's head and put fire to it.

   

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Connor Cadogan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ratooragh, Co. Cork