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School: Baile Mhic Aodha (Ballymachugh)

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Ballymachugh, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
S. Ní Dhuinnín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0988, Page 265

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    until it shrivels up. When the potato is dried up the wart will be gone.
    24. Cure for jaundice. Miss Dineen of Kiffa has the cure. She got it from an old woman. It is made by boiling a herb. The patient takes the cure every morning fasting.
    25. Cure for Whitlow. Apply a poultice made from orange lily roots.
    26. To remove a thorn. Apply a paste of brown sugar and soap and the thorn will easily be removed.
    27. To top bleeding. Put a cobweb on the cut
    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
    Phyllis Reynolds
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Woodlawn, Co. Cavan