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School: Carn Aodha (Carney)

Location:
Carneybeg, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Chatháin
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    Birch sap
    - Drink. Is good for Poor blood.
    Ivy
    - Chew it and rub to the eye. It is a cure for a sore eye.
    Hay
    - make sugar and wind it round the joint. It is a cure for rheumatism.
    Celery-seed
    - 1 oz of the seed. 1 qrt of water. Boil the water and seed down to one pint and rub to joint is a for rheumatism.
    Bread-soda
    - Make paste. It is a cure for sun-burn.
    Eel.
    - Skin the eel and wear as a belt. This is a cure for Pain in back.
    Crane or Heron
    - Hang the bird upside-down and put a pot under it. The oil flows out of its beak is a cure for rheumatism.
    Nettles
    - Beat the affected part with the nettles is a cure for rheumatism
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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
    Informant
    Michael O Meara
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Urra, Co. Tipperary