School: Leyney (roll number 15384)
- Location:
- Carrownacleigha, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Sinéad de Brugha
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- The cure for whooping cough is to give a ferret milk and take it from him when he has one little drop ana use it for drinks.A cure for the sting of a nettle rub the juice of docken leaf on it.
The cure for a corn, rub turpentine on it.
A very good cure for black bruise is to boil nettles and put them on as a poultice. If a sheep had a bad crubing put blue stone in a piece of a bag and tie it to her foot.
A cure for mumps rub your neck three times to the wall of a pig sty.
The cure for rheumatism is to use all milk food.
For chicken pox rub with baking soda in water to keep it from being itchy
For a cold put honey and lemon juice mix together in a cup and take when(continues on next page)
