School: Granagh (C.), Brúgh Ríogh (roll number 9928)

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Granagh, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Máire Ní Leidhin
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    Worms boiled in Milk and drunk cured Jaundice.
    Dandelion pounded and boiled was an old cure for a bad stomach.
    A har mouse boiled in milk and the milk drunk was supposed to be good for Kidney trouble
    Yarrow, drawn like Tea and drunk is good for rheumatism.
    The breath of a child born after its father's death was supposed to cure a child from the Craos Gallar.
    A gander's beak put into the child's mouth was another cure for the same disease.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English