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School: An Clochar, Roscrea

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Roscrea, Co. Tipperary
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An Mháthair M. Ní Thuathaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0549, Page 165

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    My grandfather told me how the people long ago used to cure a sore throat. They used to kill a young lamb, and get it's liver. Then they used to get the tongue of a sparrow, and after cleaning both the liver and the tongue, they were chopped up and mixed together.
    Then they were put in a pot on the fire and goat's milk was added and it was made into a soup. This soup used to cure sore throats.
    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
    Nelly Prince
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Ned Quinlan
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male