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School: Claonar agus Carraig, Cill an Mhuilinn

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Killavullen, Co. Cork
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Pádraig Ó Síothcháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0372, Page 248

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  1. Old Cures

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    If a person suffering from warts buries a "sop" the warts will be cured.
    To cure a toothache one has only to put a frog in one's mouth.
    Hot porter is a cure for the whooping cough.
    Cow-dung-hot- is a cure for a whit-low.
    Cattle suffering from black-quarter are cured if pig-rings are fastened to their tails
    A ferret's leavings cures whooping cough.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs P. Fitzgerald
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    45
    Address
    Lissanisky, Co. Cork

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    Whooping cough is cured if donkey's milk is drunk.
    Boils are cured if they are poulticed with boiled linseed meal.
    To walk barefooted through the dew is a sure cure for corns.
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