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School: Baile Dháithí, Dunlavin

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Davidstown, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Róisín Bhreathnach
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    In olden times there were no such people as Doctors, but "Quacks". The old people were very healthy and scarcely ever sick. Only occasionally a person had a cold and he sent for the Quack
    When the Quack came he asked him was his head paining him and he said it was. The Quack got some herbs and boiled them and gave the juice to the patient. In a few hours the patient was all right.
    A cure for a swelling was to get chick-weed, which grows wild in our
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tony Rogers
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Donard, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Jane Rogers
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    c. 46
    Address
    Donard, Co. Wicklow