BARBARIC REMEDIES.
London, November 11. (Some of the extraordinary superstitions that prevail in the west of Ireland regarding remedies for certain complaints are described in this week's Lancet. Here are some of the methods of treating epilepsy in Co. Roscommon. "Where a person falls at the time of the first attack, if on a flagged pavement or in a court, at once lift a flag. Kill a fowl and cut a piece of the warm flesh. Place the bit of fowl, with a silver coin, in the hole to replace the Hag, and there will be no return of the fit. "A child fell on a road on her way to school, having an attack of epilepsy for the first time. An old woman ran from her house and said: 'Don't touch the child!' She then undressed the girl, and, taking the chemise, she burnt it, then redressed the girl, with a new chemise in place of the burnt one." For warts the following recipe is held good in Co. Mayo: "Cut twelve pieces of straw, with the joints in the centre of each piece, place them in a hole in the ground, and as they decay the warts will wither."
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 227, 7 January 1911, Page 2
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201BARBARIC REMEDIES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 227, 7 January 1911, Page 2
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