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School: Scoil Naomh Eoin, Bréachmhuigh (roll number 13781)

Location:
Breaghwy, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
A.M. Mac Taidhg
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0089D, Page 08_011

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    sting of a nettle a docket leaf is a cure to take the pain away. If you had thourns in your hands or feet there is a cure in a foxes toung to take them out. there is a cure in asses milk if you had the choopingcoaf ian[?] also in ferites leavings. If you had pains in your feet it is a good cure to rub goose grease on them. If you had the measels and you to see a man on a White hourse and to aske him a cure for the measels and him to tell it is a good cure for them to asked the man. If your feet or hands got burned it is a good cure to run linseedoil on them If a person had a bile in there it is a good cure to rub salted
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Láimhín
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Bean Ní Láimhín
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilmacrade, Co. Mayo