School: Belvoir, Kilkishen
- Location:
- Belvoir, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Chadhla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0586, Page 058
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- Long ago the people never went to a doctor for a cure or never bought a cure they used make all their own cures They used believe very much in herbs They used give one poison to kill another poison in the system here are a list of diseases and cures for them
Warts
To cut a potato in two and rub one half of it to the warts and bury it another cure is to eat a snail
Chin Cough
To use the leavings of a ferret To go out to a man who would be riding on a grey horse, and ask him for a cure To put a child in and out under an ass(continues on next page)
