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School: Cluain Tuaiscirt (roll number 1405)

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Clontuskert, Co. Galway
Teacher:
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0029C, Page 06_015

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    In olden times when people had
    diseases they found cures by herbs or
    plants that grew in the fields and
    by Holy Wells. If people had
    Rhumatism they went to a Holy
    Well and if there was water in it
    they washed themselves with it.
    Children who had the whooping
    cough drunk milk or eat food left
    behind by a ferret and the old
    people believed it cured them
    People with other complaints
    that went to Holy Wells dropped
    a bit of a stick or a pin into it
    to cure headaches or sore eyes.
    People suffering from inward diseases
    gathered herbs and boiled them,
    (continues on next page)
    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
    C. Ní Maolain
    Gender
    Female