Yes Vico they were all doctors. On the Road I lived on as I suppose most roads there was a wise woman who would be consulted if you were ill.
The sort of woman who was called on in Childbirth and delivered babies and was called on to lay out the dead,
Most likely these women would have made excellent nurses but probably had no money to train. At that time in Dublin Nurses had to pay to train as Nurses.
This woman would let your Mam decide if you needed a doctor or just an over the counter medication. She was usually paid with a few vegetables out of the garden or a bottle of stout.
You could never get a day off school pretending you were ill, She could see right through you, A quick "Stick out your tongue" a feel of the forehead and you were rumbled
The sort of woman who was called on in Childbirth and delivered babies and was called on to lay out the dead,
Most likely these women would have made excellent nurses but probably had no money to train. At that time in Dublin Nurses had to pay to train as Nurses.
This woman would let your Mam decide if you needed a doctor or just an over the counter medication. She was usually paid with a few vegetables out of the garden or a bottle of stout.
You could never get a day off school pretending you were ill, She could see right through you, A quick "Stick out your tongue" a feel of the forehead and you were rumbled
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