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School: Ballinlough (roll number 9238)

Location:
Ballinlough Big, Co. Meath
Teacher:
P. Mac Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0704, Page 057

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    Warts
    Get nine stones with a hole in each of them. Bathe the warts in each stone for nine mornings and after the ninth morning the warts will be gone.
    Headache
    Bathe your forehead in rain-water and you will get better.
    Tie a band real tight around your head and keep it there for an hour and the headache will go.
    The cure for a headache is to drink a cup of strong tea.
    Corns
    Get sheep's wool, and a piece of fat bacon. Put the bacon round the corn and tie the wool around the corn and it will cure the corn.
    Kidneys
    the cure for kidneys is to boil the roots of the butter-cup and drink the juice of it and you will get better.
    Jandies
    The cure for the jandies is to boil the roots of the dandelion along with milk and drink the juice and you will get better.
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    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
    Kitty Mc Enroe
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Ballinlough Big, Co. Meath