School: Cill Díoma (C.) (roll number 6517)

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   bleeding. Another cure for bleeding on a sore is to rub a rib - wort to the sore, and it would cure it. When people got a burn they rubbed soda, or a dock leaf to the burn and it would get cured.Long ago the people used put a frog into their mouth and they siad it would cure a tootache.

   

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   There is an herb growing called Marsh Mallow and it is said to have been a cure for bone disease. There is a herb growing called "Yarra" and it would cure Rehumatism. It should be boiled in milk for an hour an then the person who had the disease should drink the milk of it. If Ivy leaves were boiled in bog water and some sugar mixed with it afterwards, the mixture is a cure for sore eyes. There is a white skin growing inside the root of a dock leaf and if you put it on a persons lip which would be sore it would cure it in a day.

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Bridget O' Shea

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballyvareen, Co. Limerick

   Informant

   Johnny Hayes

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   69

   Address

   Ballyvareen, Co. Limerick