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School: Lubhghortán (Lowertown), Scoil Mhuire (roll number 4172)

Location:
Lowertown, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Mhathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0289, Page 310

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  1. Local Cures (continued)

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    Headache:-
    In olden times people usually went to Holy wells to cure a headache. One of these was in Rathoora and there was another one in Larne.
    wharts:-
    A great cure for these was to wash them with the water that would be on the fresh cowdung's on a summers morning.
    corns:-
    Corns were drawn out by laying PENNY LEAVES down on them and leaving them there for two nights.
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  2. Local Cures

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    Pains or broken ribs:- Boil WILD SAGE and DANDELION and to drink the juice that would come out of them
    Thrush or a sore throat:- They say that SNAILS were to be got fastened, to the walls of the Lahorn castle, and if you picked them with a pin the sticky stuff that
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Timothy Regan
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs Mahony
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    73
    Address
    Laharan, Co. Cork