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School: Baile Aodha (B.), Inis (roll number 13418)

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Ballyea, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Mathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0607, Page 052

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    List of diseases and their Cures
    Whooping cough. A man riding on a white horse and what ever he would say it would cure you. Another cure is to drink asses' milk.
    Measles. Sheeps manure boiled in new milk and drinking it. Toothache. Boiled milk b and add a pinch of bread soda. Earache. Olive oil and a piece of cotton. Boils. Leaf of tobacco. Burns. The white of an egg to keep it from blistering. Poison. Drink salt in water. Sore throat. St Blaize oil. Corns. Wash in washing soda. Mumps. Roasted bran put into a stocking.
    Teller: Mrs Mary O'Shea. 78
    Darragh,
    Ennis,
    Co Clare.
    Writer: Christy O'Shea,
    Darragh. 7/4/38
    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
    Christy O' Shea
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Darragh, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Mrs Mary O' Shea
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    78
    Address
    Darragh, Co. Clare