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School: Dillonsbridge (roll number 8501)

Location:
Philpotstown, Co. Meath
Teacher:
A.B. Ní Chumhaill
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  1. Local Cures (continued)

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    Cure for eczema: boil the muillein plant and leave it to dry and then smoke it
    Cure for bleeding nose: Put a key to your back
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  2. Local Cures

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    1. Cure for Freckles: wash your face with buttermilk
    2. Cure for a wound: let a dog lick it.
    3. Cure for the whooping cough: creep under an animals legs
    4. Cure for
    5. Cure for boils: put sugar and soap blended together and goats milk on them
    6. A burn for a swelling: Bran and vinegar poultice
    7. A cure for a cut: put a
    8. A cure for sprains: Boil Marsh Mallows strain them and put them to the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Farrelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lismullin, Co. Meath
    Informant
    John Farrelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lismullin, Co. Meath