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School: Lios Uí Chathasaigh, Inis (roll number 10321)

Location:
Liscasey, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Ss. Ó Coileáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0605, Page 188

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    Bog onions were used as a cure for a stiff joint after a hunt. They are found in a bog. The bog onion resembles a fern when it is growing. It is picked and soaked in water for twenty four hours.
    It will form into a substance like castor oil. It is rubbed to the stiff joint three times a day for eight days. The joint would loosen and get as active as ever.
    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
    Fanny Sexton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Liscasey, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Mr Andrew Sexton
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Liscasey, Co. Clare