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School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)

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Gortaveha, Co. Clare
Teacher:
P. Wiley
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0592E, Page 15_022

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    22.
    Cures.
    The luttachthat grows on the side of every spring well to put this down in a muckle and let it get one good boil.Then take it up and strain the juice of ot into the following things sixpence worth of sugar of candy and sixpence worth of liquorice ball,and sixpence worth of lump sugar .Mix all together and it would cure any cough.The cock you would kill for St Martin to sprinkle the blood on a ribbin and keep that ribbin .And if any one in the house got a pain in his head this would cure it. To keep the gizzard of the cock
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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
    Séamus Ó Bríain
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Michael O' Brien
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gortaveha, Co. Clare