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School: Mullinavat Convent

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Mullinavat, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Sr. M. Lorcán
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0850, Page 164

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    There is a small green leaf which is called penny leaf the old people used it for curing burns. They would chop it up finely and put it between a cloth and put it on the burn.
    The old people had a very good cure for corns. They got an Ivy leaf soaked in vinegar and put it on the corn and it would lift the corn out.
    An other cure for cuts was a cobweb. They would keep putting the cobwebs on the cut till it would be cured.
    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
    Margaret Raftice
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Raftice
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Garrandarragh, Co. Kilkenny