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1. Local Cures (continued)

   

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   person having the warts to pick up the first black snail he would see without looking for it, and to rub the snail to the warts, and then stick it on a thorn; it was said that as the snail would be withering so would the warts. Nettle-roots, washed clean and boiled, and the liquid taken by the person having measles or chicken-pox, were supposed to bring about a cure. The pointing of a thorn off a goose-berry bush for nine mornings to a sty on the eye was supposed to cure it. A poultice of chick-weed was supposed to ease and reduce a swelling. Rubbing a dock leaf to nettle-stings relieves the pain.

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Patricia Sullivan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Achadh Cille Móire, Co. an Longfoirt

   Informant

   Mrs Sullivan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Achadh Cille Móire, Co. an Longfoirt