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School: Achadh Eóchaille, Inis Céin (roll number 10243)

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Aghyohil Beg, Co. Cork
Teacher:
C. Ó Ríordáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0312, Page 154

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    "Sores."
    Long ago Buachallán Buide used to be pulled and pounded with a hammer and the juice of it used to be rubbed to sores on horses to cure them.
    "Pleurisy."
    A weed called Cos Dubh used be pulled and the roots of it put into water and left in it for a few days. Then a person having Pleurisy would drink that water to cure them.
    "Internal Injuries."
    If a person got a kick a few plants of wild sage were put in to a basin of cold water and left there for about a day. Then the wild sage was taken out and the hurt person would drink the water.
    "Toothaches."
    A cure for toothaches was the sufferer went to a graveyard alone by night and ate three bites of grass off a grave in which a priest was buried.
    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
    Caitlín Ní hUallacháin
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Holland
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tullymurrihy, Co. Cork