School: Nutgrove (roll number 10126)
- Location:
- Mullagh, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Emily Ní Aonghusa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0482, Page 344
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- Local CuresNearly in every parish long ago there was an old witch-doctor either a man or a woman and to this person all the people of the parish went to get their ailments cured as they had great belief in the witch doctor.If a person had the juandice boil a dock leaf for about an hour in mild and then let it simmer for about three hours and if the ill person drinks the juice it is to be a cure. A cure for warts is to rub the white juice of the dandelion to the warts and after a time they wear away.There are a few sores, and ailments cured by the animals such as the ferret.(continues on next page)
