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School: Béal Átha Fhinghín

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Ballineen, Co. Cork
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Eibhlín, Bean Uí Dhéisigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0310, Page 068

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  3. XML “An Old Cure”
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  1. An Old Cure

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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Philomena Ahern
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Ballineen, Co. Cork

  2. Cure

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    The cure for a whitlow is to roll the skin found on the inside of a boiled egg round the sore and all pain goes immediately.
    The stem of buacallán buí pressed between stones gives a juice, which if applied to bruises cures them.
    (Drawing of leaf)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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