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School: Killyrann

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Killyran, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Mrs Stafford
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0964, Page 268

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    Nowadays we hear many cures and some of them are good and some are not. Some of the cures might be a bottle which we would have to drink, it might be a herb or it might be a powder.
    This is a cure for the heart, for the sprain, for the burn, for the jaundice, for a broken leg and for the whooping cough.
    There is a man in Glebe called Mr. Camel and he makes the cure for the heart. He tests the heart with a cup of oaten-meal. If you heart is bad the oaten-meal will sink and if it is not it will not sink. He makes a cake out of the oaten-meal and the person has to eat it.
    He has a cure for the sprain also. He rubs it gently with his hands and says a prayer. We have to wash it with very cold water and put a tight bandage
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Daisy Gault
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killyran, Co. Cavan