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School: Baile Lochnáin

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Riverstown, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0531, Page 191

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    Many of the old people know more about common ailments than the doctors.
    Toothache which is common is cured if the man does not shave on a Sunday morning and the woman is not to comb her hair.
    Ringworm is cured by a certain prayer, and the burning of wheat. The oil of the wheat is applied on the sore.
    This is found never to fail.
    The next common ailment is the sty on the eye and the directions for this cure are:- to get the thorn off a gooseberry bush and a wedding ring and put them to
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bríghid Ní Dhulchonta
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Riverstown, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs Lehane
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrick, Co. Tipperary