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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 21_034

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    Sore throat
    The cure for the sore throat is to put a black stocking around your neck and to have the heel of the stocking on the adam's apple.
    Sore eyes
    The cure for the sore eyes is to look through a ring.
    Warts
    The cure for the warts is to get a snail but not to be looking for it and to stick it on a bush and the next day the wart would be gone.
    Sciatica
    The cure for sciatica is to boil the roots of turkey weed and to take a cup of it in the morning, and also if you got a lost pototoe
    burns
    The cure for the burn is to lick a lizard
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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
    Máirín Ní Breathnach
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Crughwill, Co. Clare