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School: An Clochar, Cill Ruis

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Kilrush, Co. Clare
Teacher:
An tSr. Pól
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0629, Page 532

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  2. Local Cures

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    A cure for whooping cough is to drink sheep's milk.
    A cure for a bad heart is to pick dandelion off a meadow through which you would be travelling and to eat it raw.
    A cure for rheumatism is to put down a pot of green cabbage and let it boil into nothing, then take it up and rub the juice of it to the affected part.
    Heated sweet oil is a cure for a pain in the ear.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nancy Nugent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knockerra, Co. Clare

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    In East Clare a plant pronounced "cumfree" is used to set broken bones in sheep. The root resembles parsnips and the leaves
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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