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School: Mullingar (Pres. Convent) (roll number 934)

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Mullingar, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Sr. Colmcille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0735, Page 066

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    your eye prod it nine times with a thorn of a gooseberry bush and it will be gone.
    Seventh son has a cure for ring-worm and toothache.
    For chilblains wash your feet in potato water also bathe your feet in soda and water and also bathe your feet in the soot of a country fireplace.
    Cure for whooping cough to drink the milk a ferret leaves after its breakfast.
    Written by
    Jenny Brennan,
    No. 9 St Laurence's Tce,
    Mullingar
    Told by
    Mrs Brennan,
    No.9 St Laurence's Tce,
    Mullingar
    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
    Jenny Brennan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mullingar, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Mrs Brennan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mullingar, Co. Westmeath