School: Lios Uí Chearbhaill (B.), Malla (roll number 12015)

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1. Local Cures

   

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   Long ago the people were usually cured with wild plants and other things. When people had chilblains they rubbed them with raw onions and kept them away from the fire. The cure for wild fire was to go fasting each morning to a man named Brennan. The cure for a sore throat was to put a stocking filled with warm salt around it and when the person got up in the morning the soreness was gone. What we now call appendicitis was called a colic long ago and the cure for it was to put a hot cover of a bastable up to the side. The cure for warts was if a man found a snail under a stone accidentally he should rub it to the warts. Another cure was to rub the sulphur of a match to them or wash them with washing-soda. If a person had a toothache he should put a hot cloth around it and go into bed. If a person got ringworm he should write his name three times around it with ink. If a person got a sting of a nettle he should rub a dock leaf to it. A favourite poultice for a wound was soap and sugar mixed together in a cloth and wrapped around the injured part. A common cure for a burn from the fire was to wrap the burnt

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   James Dennis

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Maigh, Co. Chorcaí

   Informant

   Mrs Hickey

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   74

   Address

   Maigh, Co. Chorcaí