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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Baile Mathúna (roll number 3865)

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Ballymahon, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Sr. M. Clement
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0751, Page 434

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  1. Cures for Human Ailments

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    Jaundice. There is a family named Mulvihill in the townland of Ardaghill who cure yellow Jaundice successfully, especially young and middle-aged people. The treatment of a very old person may not be always successful.
    The preparation is taken in new milk on Mondays and Thursdays
    Ring-Worm. There is a family named McGarry living on Castlerea Mountain in Moydow Parish (Co. Longford) who have a wonderfully successful cure for ring-worm taken from cattle. I have known over half a dozen adults, men, who wasted plenty of money on doctors' remedies, unsuccessfully, but were cured in a couple of days by McGarry's Ointment. It is probably medicinal, as they recommend poulticing and plaster, alternatively. They also disallow meat while suffering.
    Erysipelas. There is a Protestant family in Newtowncashel named Rollins, who cure
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Patrick Casey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ardoghil, Co. Longford

  2. Sweat-Houses (continued)

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    with a turf fire for some hours. Then the fire was taken out, the ashes removed and some dry straw spread on the floor.
    Then the person or persons crept in armed with two or three towels each. Then they undressed and kept the perspiration dried off with their towels.
    After coming out a little whiskey might be used to prevent getting cold. A strange thing is nobody every did get cold and great numbers of people went there year after year until about 20 or 25 years ago. Then doctors and the sea-side became popular.
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