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School: Carron / Carthan (roll number 7573)

Location:
Carran, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Muirthille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0616B, Page 10_044

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    Burns: If you licked a lizard you would have the cure for a burn.
    Rheumatism: There is a weed called Turkey weed and if you boiled it and drank it you would be cured.
    Thorns: To put a foxes tongue to it or bread and water.
    Sore throat: To gargle your throat with salt and water every morning.
    Headache: To put a spoon of bread soda in a quart of water and drink it three times a day.
    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
    Tomás Ó Colgáin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rannagh East, Co. Clare