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School: Clonsilla

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M. Ní Cholmáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0790, Page 26

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    sore throat.
    A stocking full of salt tied around your neck is a cure for sore throat.
    A stocking taken warm from the foot and tied around the neck three nights in succession is an in cure for sore throat.
    If you put a God's horse (which resembles a hairy brown caterpillar) in a bag and tie it round your neck it is supposed to cure a sore throat.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Síle Ní Ruaidhrc
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonsilla, Co. Dublin