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School: An Corrbhaile

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Corbally, Co. Clare
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Máirtín Mac Coitir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0627, Page 385

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    sulpher and a small packet of Epsom salts into the water and put away in a jar and to take about a half glass of it every morning.
    Cure for worms in children.
    Boil shell seagrass and drink the water. Cure for a burn a man that would rub a liseard to his tongue and rub his tongue to the burn. Cure for children with weak kindneys. Boil a hay mouse in a small quantity of water and when boiled mix the water with a little milk and give it to the children.
    Cure for bleeding through the nose put a key at a pocket knife down your back and it will help to stop the blood.
    Cure for a boil. Apply a snail broken up and the boil
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    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
    Eileen Haugh
    Gender
    Female