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1. Old Cures

   

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   The old people had many remedies for curing their ailments, and I will now tell you a few of them which I heard. For instance if a child had the thrush they used the ganders breath. When a person had a sore hand or a sore leg, they used bread steeped in water for healing it, and when a child had the whooping cough, they used cross it nine times under a donkey. The water that was used for cooling the iron in a forge was used for removing warts, and parraffin oil was used for healing cuts, and burns.

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   Topics

   1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. cleachtas an leighis
         1. leigheas dúchasach (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Joan Neville

   Gender

   Male

2. Old Cures

   

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   The old people had many cures which are not used at the present day. The dog leave was a cure for nettle burns, and the rib leave was a cure for headaches. The food left after a ferret was a cure for measles. Sugar and soap was a cure for boils or skin trouble. The rib-leave was also a cure for corns. When people have a sore throat they put a stocking around it in the night and the pain was supposed to be cure in the morning.

   

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