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School: Gusserane

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Gusserane, Co. Wexford
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Peadar Mac Fheorais
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0871, Page 207

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    The old people used to use a lot of local cures. Here are some of them.
    When a child would have the chincough it would be put in and out under a mare ass legs three times when this would be doen a piece of bread would be given to the child but before the child would eat the bread the ass would breath on it. When the child would eat the bread it would be cured.
    A cure for a sprained ankle is to get some (?) and wash the roots then cut them up real fine then put them in a cloth and put the poultice on your ankle it would never leave your ankle until it would get well.
    A cure for a sore throat is to make a poultice out of turnips and put them on your neck.
    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
    Martin Carty
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gusserane, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Mrs O' Brien
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Gusserane, Co. Wexford