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School: Clochar na Trócaire, An Uaimh (roll number 16100)

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Navan, Co. Meath
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    to draw out the matter and cure the wound. If you put a fastening spit on a boil for three mornings in succession it is supposed to take the soreness away.
    5.warts
    a supposed cure for warts is to find a snail without looking for him and put him on a bush, and while the snail is withering away the wart is withering also.
    6. sore eye
    a poultice of bread and buttermilk cures a sore eye.
    7.sore mouth
    if a child that never saw his father breathe into a sore mouth, he is supposed to cure the disease.
    8.mumps
    it is supposed if you put your head inside a piggery for three mornings in a succession it will cure the mumps.
    9.ringworm
    by rubbing with a gold wedding ring three times for three mornings in the name of the shinty it is supposed to be cured.
    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
    May Fallon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Navan, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Mrs T. Byrne
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    40
    Address
    Navan, Co. Meath