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School: Cill Mháille (C.), Inis (roll number 14469)

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Kilmaley, Co. Clare
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Nóra Ní Asaoid
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0608, Page 270

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    makes up a plaster for curing cancer and other sores.You have to bring him the ingredients and he mixes them.
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    Pat O Keeffe of Lismulbreeda, Darragh is a great cow- doctor (handy man)
    Cure for stoppage of water in cattle .
    Get some Tóirpín (which grows on thatched houses and boil it in a pint of ale and it cures the cow.This cure was given by John Maekham of Cragbrien Darragh (another cow- doctor)
    John Markham had also cures for murrain and dry murrain.-
    linseed oil ,brown sugar,treacle and unsalted butter all boiled together for the red murrain.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English