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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 451a

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  1. Local Cures

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    Cure for a wart: - If you get a piece of straw with a knot at U on it, and if you bury this in clay without telling anybody, is is said that while the piece of straw is rotting, that the wart will be also rotting at the same time.
    Chilblains: - If you paint you chilblains with iodine and then hit your foot up against the fire, it is said that you will never have chilblains again.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Olive Corcoran
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Summerhill, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mr Corcoran
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    39
    Address
    Summerhill, Co. Tipperary

  2. Local Cures

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    There was a man living in Chapel Lane about forty years ago. His name was Mr. Delaney he cured Yellow Jaundice with an herb known as Dandelion.
    If anyone has a chin cough if they meet
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