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School: Ballyboghill

Location:
Baile Bachaille, Co. Bhaile Átha Cliath
Teacher:
P.J. Connolly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0787, Page 336

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    yourself with it and it is to come off. A cure for the whopping-cough you go to a woman married to a man of the same name and get a piece of bread which she baked and eat it. This is supposed to cure it.
    To cure a felon you get a herb called browsworth and boil it with celery in water. When it is boiled the person with the felon drinks the juice. This is supposed to cure it.
    If you have a sore eye you rub a wedding ring over it and it is supposed to get better. If you get a sting of a nettle rub a mint-leaf on it and it is supposed to get better.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. cleachtas an leighis
        1. leigheas dúchasach (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nan Mahon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    An Ghráinseach, Co. Bhaile Átha Cliath
    Informant
    Mrs Mahon
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Occupation
    Farmer's wife
    Address
    An Ghráinseach, Co. Bhaile Átha Cliath