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School: Cill an Daingin, Nenagh (roll number 6658)

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Killadangan, Co. Tipperary
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Pádraig Ó hOgáin
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    Local Cures
    Long ago people had not the patent remedies for diseases we have now. Instead people used herbs and certain flowers or vegetables as cures. Those cures, which the people used, were very good and saved much money.
    If a person have chillblains he rubbed the sore part with paraffin oil, or a piece of an onion.
    A very effective cure for chilblains was walking, barefooted, in frosty grass before breakfast, or to lather them in pickle.
    The common cure for a toothache was to cram bread-soda into the aching tooth. A warm cloth tied around the head was a good way of getting rid of a toothache.
    When the young people had warts on their hands or knees their elders told them to rub the warts with a snail for a certain length of time. (B.. seven straws?) was a more pleasant way to rid the warts. When you are going for a walk
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lizzie Starr
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lisquillibeen, Co. Tipperary
    Collector
    Maisie Cleary
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killadangan, Co. Tipperary
    Collector
    Margaret Starr
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lisquillibeen, Co. Tipperary
    Collector
    Maura Collins
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knockanacartan, Co. Tipperary
    Collector
    Mickie Hogan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Larkin's Hill, Co. Tipperary
    Collector
    Peg Cleary
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Annagh, Co. Tipperary
    Collector
    Rita Morrissey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Prospect East, Co. Tipperary
    Collector
    Sally Darcy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rockview, Co. Tipperary
    Collector
    Sara Hogan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Larkin's Hill, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mr John Cleary
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Annagh, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mr John Collins
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Knockanacartan, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs Cleary
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    41
    Address
    Killadangan, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs Hogan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Larkin's Hill, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs Kennedy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    60
    Address
    Knockanacartan, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs O' Meara
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    85
    Address
    Rockview, Co. Tipperary