School: Effin (B.), Ráthluirc (roll number 8333)

Location:
Effin, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Hannáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0509, Page 075

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  1. The old people had a lot of ways of stopping bleeding.
    The first cure is "slánless". If you put "slánless" up to a cut and keep it up to it with a bandage it would stop bleeding in a short time.
    Another cure is to put a cobweb up to it and it would stop bleeding also.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. bleeding (~48)
    Language
    English