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School: Fairgreen

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Belturbet, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
S. Mac Gabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0972, Page 410

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    In former times people sought remedies for their ailments from plants, people with healing powers, and from Holy Wells.
    People used goose seam to cure thrush, ferret's milk to cure whooping cough or to ask a man with a pieball pony to give you a cure and whatever he would say to take it and believe in it.
    Certain people have the cure of the sprain and say a prayer and if the person believes he will be cured. People cure the jaundice by rubbing a green leaf on the person's back.
    The root of orange lily was used to cure swelling in the throat.
    Warts were cured by rubbing water out of a stone with a "u" hole in it on them
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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
    Ethel Mayne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilconny, Co. Cavan