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Caher, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
An tSr. M. Tréisín
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    BURNS
    Melt some fat of the sheep! Get the "droppings" of a goat! Put in a cloth and squeeze and put liquid obtained into the melted fat. Stir up and spread like a plaster over the burned spot and it will cure instantly.

    TO CURE A SORE - festered or otherwise -
    apply the coarse side of the elder leaf to draw the sore and then apply the smooth side of the elder leaf to heal afterwards.

    A CUT
    An old woman - over 90 years of age - has never visited a doctor - She showed me where she had received a deep cut about one & half inches long. "Surely now," " (?) her sons and neighbours, "She must go to the doctor and get this
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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
    Mrs Donnell
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    92
    Address
    Killeigh, Co. Tipperary