School: St Columba's Abbey, Navan (roll number 882)

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Navan, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Br. Abban O' Donoghue
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  1. XML School: St Columba's Abbey, Navan
  2. XML Page 126
  3. XML “Rheumatism”
  4. XML “Eczema”
  5. XML “Liver Trouble”
  6. XML “Sprains”

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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. rheumatism (~57)
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    J. Duignan
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    P. Walsh
  2. There was an old cure which consisted of certain prayers. During the recital of the prayers the person tied seven knots on Flaxen Tread, and secured the tread around the sprained joint.
    Another cure is to visit a river each day for at least nine days until it is cured, and hold the sprained joint under a waterfall for a few
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