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School: Taney, Dundrum

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Dundrum, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
E. Costello
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0797, Page 130

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    When the cut is washed dip it straight into a bowl of buttermilk and wrap it up immediately.
    4. A cure for rheumatism is to drink a lot of seawater.
    5. A cure for an ear ache is to heat a spoonful of olive oil and when it is hot to put a piece of cotton wool with the hot olive oil straight into the ear.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Esme Munn
    Gender
    Female

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    If you had a pain in your head you should put vinegar on a piece of cloth and put it round the person's head and it will soon go.
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    1 A cure for a sore throat is to paint it with Iodine or to gargle it with salt and water.
    2 If a person's nose is bleeding get a cloth wet it with water keep it up to the person's nose
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