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School: Monksland (C.) (roll number 2792)

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Monksland, Co. Louth
Teacher:
M. Nic Oireachtaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0659, Page 239

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    Local cures.
    A cure for a head-ache is, to soak brown paper in vinegar and wrap it tightly around your head.
    A cure for the measles is to get a little drop of whiskey and drink it.
    A cure for a pain in your ear is to get a small piece of cotton wool soaked in olive oil, and put it into your ear.
    A cure for tooth-ache is to put some iodine on a piece of cotton wool and put it into your tooth.
    A cure for a cold is to get some fresh butter-milk and boil it and put some sugar on it and drink it.
    A cure for whooping cough is to put the child in and out under-neath a briar bush that grows from two roots.
    A cure for corns is house-leek you must rub your feet well with it, this grows on the side
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nancy Ryan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    11
    Address
    Cooley, Co. Louth