School: Rath (roll number 5391)
- Location:
- Rath, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Miss Palmer
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0739, Page 087
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- Long ago people never sent for a doctor but cured themselves with remedies of their own.
For a cold they drank boiled buttermilk mixed with sugar.
To get rid of a wart they rubbed a black snail to it and put him on a bush. When the snail withered the wart also withered.
For a sick stomach they drank buttermilk mixed with soda.
When they had rheumatism they put a sliced potato in their shoe and they did not look at it(continues on next page)
