Traditional cures : an anthropological exploration of cures employed by curers in North Leitrim

Authors

O'Connor, Eimear

Issue Date

2001

Degree

BA (Hons) Anthropology

Publisher

Dublin Business School

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Abstract

This Final Year Project is an investigation and exploration of a range of traditional cures in a specific geographic area -part of North Leitrim, Ireland. In addition to placing the practice of traditional curing in an anthropological framework, it puts special emphasis on three particular examples.