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School: Lisball

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Lisball, Co. Cavan
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S. Doherty
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1010, Page 072

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    If a person has the whooping-cough and goes to the people that are married and their sir name the same, it is said if they give the person a piece of bread it will cure them.
    Nettles are a good cure for the measles. They are boiled in water and the person that has the measles drinks the water and it cures them. There is a man not far from our house and his name is Patrick Carroll. He has the cure for a strain. He says a few prayers and rubs the strain and it would be better in a few days.
    Ferrets milk is a cure for the whooping cough. Strong tea with a clove in it is a cure for the headache. If the seeds of and Alderberry tree are collected and dried and tea is made from them. It is a cure for the cold. Gold is the cure for wild-fire.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Leonard Clarke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bracklin, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mr J. Clarke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bracklin, Co. Cavan