School: Cluain Mór (1), Baile an Droichid

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1. Local Cures and Doctors (continued)

   

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   bottle a part of the best whiskey. Leave it for some time while the whiskey has extracted the juice from the garlic. Shake the bottle well until the sulphur is well mixed with the whiskey. Pour out a glass of it + don't give it time to settle but drink it off at once. As this mixture has an unpleasant smell it is usually taken at night."

   

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2. Local Cures and Doctors - Warts

   

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   1. water from St. Mogues well
   2."rub sheep droppings three or four times to them"
   3." the cure to warts is the milk of the big yellow flower that grows in the field. we call it wart weed"
   4."if a person has warts, for every wart they have put a stone in a match box and throw it away. The first person that picks it up will get the warts"
   5." tie a piece of twine to a black snail and drag the snail across the wart.

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)
            1. medicine for human sicknesses
               1. warts (~307)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   James Donohue

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Killalongford, Co. Carlow

   Informant

   John Kinsella

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Clonmore, Co. Carlow

   Informant

   Mrs Byrne

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Gowle, Co. Wicklow

   Informant

   Thomas Byrne

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Eaglehill, Co. Carlow

   Informant

   Thomas Keogh

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballyshane, Co. Carlow