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School: Cill Mhuire, Sráid na Cathrach (roll number 13942)

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Mullagh, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Conaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0624, Page 527

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    People who are born between certain hours of the night have a cure for "Craosgalar." Another cure is when a boy that has never seen his father blows hi breadth into the child's mouth that has "Craosgalar it will cure. The boy has to do this for three mornings in succession.
    If you dip a wart in water which is lodged on a hollowed rock, the wart will cure.
    The seventh son of a family has a cure on his finger for any kind of a sore. If he rubs this cure to the sore, the sore will cure. A seventh son has also a cure for a pin in the back - by walking over the person's back.
    If you lick an "Arcluacra three times you will have a cure for a burn.
    If you lick a "Leac-a-luacra" you will have a cure for a burn.
    The people long ago had a cure for a bleeding sore by chewing pure green grass and rub it on the sore. Another cure is to rub a cobweb to it and it will stop the blood.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brendan O' Boyle
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    John P. O' Boyle
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    53
    Address
    Quilty, Co. Clare