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School: Cleristown

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Cleristown, Co. Wexford
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Christine, Bean Uí Bhroin
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    In olden times there were very few doctors, and so the people made their own cures out of the herbs of the land.
    1. For toothache they applied garlic and chalked the wrist on the side side the tooth would be aching.
    2. For eye troubles such as a sty, they used the thorn of a gooseberry bush.
    3. For a burn or a cut, they used the common dock.
    4. For Asthma they used the herb called "Heartongue-leaf."
    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
    Andrew Daly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Waddingtown, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    James Sparrow
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    57
    Address
    Waddingtown, Co. Wexford