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School: Cluain Tuaiscirt (roll number 1405)

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Clontuskert, Co. Galway
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0029C, Page 05_017

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    Local Cures 25-5-1938
    Long ago there were very little doctors and the people were cured from ailments by the advise of old people.
    When a person had a pain in their back they put on a plaster of pitch and it got better. If a person broke their leg or arm and no doctor to be had a bonesetter that lived in the district set it for them.
    If a person had ringworm people dug herbs out of the ground and boiled them and mixed ointment with it from the chemist and so the person were cured. There was also another way for curing ringworm by the seventh son digging a worm out of the ground and leave it on
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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
    Collector
    Mary Quinn
    Gender
    Female