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School: Dysert (roll number 8640)

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Dysart, Co. Westmeath
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C. Nic Eochagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0737, Page 480

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    in your head is to damp a Cloth in vinegar and tie it round your head.
    For a burn use unsalted butter or potato rasped. They would keep the blister from rising.
    The cure for a pain in your ear is a roasted onion.
    The cure for chilblanes is oatmeal steeped.
    For a cough use a boiled turnip.
    The cure for a sting of a bee is to rub the blue bag to it.
    When your nose bleeds put a key to the back of your neck
    The seventh son cures ringworm and a toothache.
    The leaves of a Mullan plant when boiled is a cure for goiter. The cure for a strain is to rub goose greace into it.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Thomas Meehan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 56
    Address
    Dysart, Co. Westmeath