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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 351

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    Garlic is also given to those who had colds.
    (4) Burns:- Any one who licks a man keeper three times can cure any burn.
    (5) Warts:- The water of three town lands is a cure for warts.
    (6) Wild Fire:- A fasting spit rubbed to the wild fire, or gold, or to hold a hot coal near it.
    (7) Sprains:- The person who makes the straining thread gets a bit of wollen thread and prays over it. This thread is tied on the sprained part of the body and is left there until it falls off itself.
    (8) Tooth ache:- Clay got at any holy well is a cure for tooth ache.
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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 Leyland
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Crossna, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Thomas Leyland
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Crossna, Co. Roscommon