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School: Dunsallagh, Sráid na Cathrach (roll number 12860)

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Doonsallagh, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Patrick Walsh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0622, Page 241

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    Old Cures.
    (1) The dropping of a goat boiled in sour milk and applied to the sore breasts of a nursing mother for a few times cures.
    Experience of an old woman of 82 living in the locality.
    Kidney trouble.
    old Remedy.
    The dropping of geese drawn in water, then strained and the liquid given in milk to the affected is considered an infallible cure.
    Related by Mrs Mary Curtin
    Dunsallagh West
    Age 82
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Mary Curtin
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    82
    Address
    Doonsallagh West, Co. Clare