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Castlerea, Co. Roscommon
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An tSiúr M. Stiophán
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0246, Page 197

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    In the olden times people had many cures for the different diseases. Boiled milk and soda were supposed to cure a headache, and strong tea was reckoned a good cure as well. If a person had a stye on his eye a thorn from a goose-berry bush painted nine times at it was supposed to take it away. A cure for a nose bleed was a key placed at the back of one's neck, touching the shoulders, and a wet cloth or a penny held to the forehead.
    A favorite cure for rheumatism was an equal quantity of turpentine, sweet oil and gin, rubbed on and covered with flannel. A weed called cumbra was scraped and applied to cuts. Bog-oil which is got in bog-holes was a cure for burns.
    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
    Annie Coffey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloonkeen, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs Coffey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloonkeen, Co. Roscommon