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School: Killuran / Cill Úráin (roll number 14658)

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Killuran, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Thomas Mc Inerney
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0588C, Page 17_020

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    Long ago the people had no doctors. They cured all diseases with a homemade cure. If they happened to get a cut in their finger they would go to the nearest out-house for a cobweb and that would be rolled around the finger for a day or two. If they got a sore in the nail of the finger a dogleaf was the cure for it. They pressed it out and then rolled it around the finger. The cure they had
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Breda Murray
    Gender
    Female