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School: Baile Sluagh (Ballysloe), Gleann Guail, Dúrlas Éile (roll number 573)

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Ballysloe, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Seán Ó Dubhshláine
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    Mary Ellen Cormack
    Cures
    (1) "Anthony's Fire" is cured with Cahill's blood applied to the affected part.
    (2) An herb called "Lady's Chalice" the root of which should be boiled on milk, was supposed to be a cure for the "Whooping Cough", or to ask a man with a white horse, "What cures the whooping cough?, and do whatever he says.
    (3) Dandelion was supposed to cure consumption or decline if taken in time.
    (4) Ground ivy boiled on milk was supposed to cure dysentery.
    (5) Pileworth is an herb with green glossy leaves supposed to cure piles.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Ellen Cormack
    Gender
    Female