School: Rennies, Cionn tSáile (roll number 4443)

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1. Local Cures (continued)

   

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   old people used to cure warths by putting their hands into a holy well or font." They had another old cure for "windsy" (or being caught in the chest) "The person should creep under a mares belly three time after one another." They also had cures for cuts and sores by getting a dog's tongue to lick the cut." They also had a cure for a broken hand by getting one or two boiled potatoes and put them into a cloth and to put them under the person's arm. After twentyfour hours the hand is made right again.

   

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2. Local Cures

   

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   If you wash your face in the dew for the first three mornings in May you will never get a toothache.
   If you put a frog into your mouth three times it is also a cure. If you have a very

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Catherine Collins

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballynalougha, Co. Cork