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School: Portlongfield

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Portlongfield, Co. Cavan
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S. Ní Chuilinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0983, Page 006

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    and when the chestnut was gone the Rheumatism would be gone.
    The cure for a heartburn was to drink the juice of a dandelion. The cure for an ear-ache was to get grease and melt it and when it was hot put it into the persons ear.
    The cure for pains through the body was to get nettles roots and boil them in water and drink the water.
    The man who licks a man keeper the the cure of a burn.
    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
    Christina Thompson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dunaweel, Co. Cavan