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School: An Drom (Drom Thurles) (roll number 585)

Location:
Drom, Co. Tipperary
Teachers:
Pilib Ó Ó Muireadhaigh Pádraig Ó Cléirigh
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    In former days when the people had no doctors, they had their own remedies for their ailments.
    When the people got bruises or hurts they would put a leech to the bruise and it is said that the leeches would suck out the badness.
    A cure for a headache was to take the lid off the teapot of tea and to put their head over the steam.
    A cure they had for a pain in the ear was to dip a piece of wadding in casteroil and to put it into the ear.
    A cure they had for chest-trouble was to put a blue paper and three drops of a blessed candle to it.
    A cure they had for a hiccough was to drink three sups of water at the left side of a cup.
    When they had corns they used to go and wash their feet in bog water.
    They used to rub penny leaves to burnt holes to cure them.
    A cure they had for kidney disease was to get a weed like a fern got in
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Troy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drom, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Con Murray
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drom, Co. Tipperary