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School: Tullamore (St. Brigid's)

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Tullamore, Co. Offaly
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P. Sheehy
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    can be cured with brown paper and vinegar. There are many kinds of weeds. If people used these herbs instead of patent medicines there would not be so many people dying. There is a "cured stone" in Durrow and if any one wants to get cured they have to put something in it.
    Richard Forrestal,
    11 Convent View,
    Tullamore
    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
    Richard Forrestal
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Convent View, Co. Offaly