Scoil: Cill Crócháin (uimhir rolla 15410)

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1. Local Cures

   

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   Local Bures
   Long ago when a person was sick, it was a very
   rare thing to call in the doctor. The people used
   use their own cures. They had cures for every disease
   I often heard this before but I never heard the
   cures they used have until I asked my father a
   few months ago.
   When a person had corns on their
   feet, they did not look for ointment to rub to
   them like people now-a-days do. They got up
   early in the morning before sun-rise and walked
   through the dew on the grass. This was supposed
   to be a very good cure.
   The cure for chilblanes was to
   get a raw, purple, onion and rub it to them
   The cure for a cough was to boil onions in
   water, strain them, and preserve the water. then,
   sweeten the juice with sugar and drink it.
   The cure for burns was to get
   a lizard, rub him to your tongue three times and
   you would be cured. The cure for boils was to
   pick "penny leaf" peel it and heat it and put it
   to the boil. Other cures for boils were to but
   a poltice of white bread out of boiling water
   to them or a poltice of linseed meal.
   The cures they had for whooping
   cough was to over and under a donkey nine

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