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School: Fergus View, Lissycasey (roll number 10322)

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Caherea, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Pádraig Mac Gearaidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0606, Page 432

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    A Wound: To rub the rough side of a cabbage leaf to a wound and it would draw it. To rub the smooth side of a cabbage leaf to the wound and it would heal it.
    A Weak Heart: Nettles are left boiling for two hours and are eaten. This is done three times a year.
    A Wound: To leave the smooth side of an ivy leaf to the wound and it would draw it, and to leave the rough side of an ivy leaf to the would and it would heal it.
    A Cold: Garlic is a cure for a cold.
    Warts: The water the blacksmiths have in the forge is a cure for warts.
    A Sore Throat: The ferrets leavings, meaning portion of milk left after the ferret had drank the rest, is a
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joseph Neilan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    14
    Informant
    Mrs Ellen Meaney
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    55
    Address
    Darragh, Co. Clare