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School: Clinstown (roll number 4193)

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S. Ó Dúnlaing
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0865, Page 510

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    was numbed.
    Sprains
    If a person had a sprain in the wrist, to rub goose greece constantly into it, was a good cure.
    Sunburn
    Many people wer obliged to work in the sun and often got sunburnt. Well, these always found that a good wash in butter-milk, alawys took the scald away.
    Whitloes & Boils
    A poultice of hot linseed meal was applied when a person had a whitloe. The same thing was used for boils.
    Rash
    Cream was applied when a person had a rash. It was rubbed well into the sores.
    Goitre
    When a person had a touch of goitre, he rubbed lemonade into that part, constantly, and it soon disappeared.
    Rheumatism
    To eat boiled rhubarb, was a cure for rheumatism.
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    Tooth-ache
    In former times, and in fact at the present day, people seek the following remedies, from the articles mentioned. For example, to ease the pain of a toothache, candle-grease, bread-soda, or salt, was pressed down firmly in the hole of
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maire Horgan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Littlefield, Co. Kilkenny