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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Nenagh

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Nenagh, Co. Tipperary
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An tSr. Seanán
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0535, Page 451

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    To get a bite from a dog the cure is to pull a hair out of his hair and put it across the cut and it heals it.
    A cure for a wart is to take a piece of fat meat from the table without anybody seeing you do it, then rub it to the wart and bury the meat. The wart is supposed to wither while the meat is rotting.
    Thirty years ago all the medicines used for the different diseases were made from local herbs.
    There was a doctor once living in Castle St. named Dr. Berney who made up all his prescriptions himself from the herbs.
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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
    Josie Cadell
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Kenyon Street, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mr P. Cadell
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    74
    Address
    Kenyon Street, Co. Tipperary