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School: Ballinahowen (roll number 8646)

Location:
Ballynahown, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
T. Hanly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0745, Page 069

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    ringworm.
    Foals tongue to draw out a thorn. Cold tea to bathe a sore eye. Soap and sugar for a boil. Ivy-leaf for a burn. A feather to stop bleeding. Steeped oatmeal to take out a thorn. Cobweb to stop bleeding of wound.
    My uncle had a cure for bad warts. He ties a tráithnín tightly around each wart. Then he unties each tráithnín and burys it in the soil. As the tráithnín decays so does the wart.
    During March the people used to put a lump of "roach" lime in a jug and pour water over it and drink the solution to purify the blood.
    If you dip your finger in a "[?] of water" in a stone it will cure warts.
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    Ointment for Burn :
    White resin,
    Suet of Sheep's Kidney.
    Beeswax.
    For Healing a wound :
    Carbolic Soap,
    Whiskey,
    Vinegar,
    Turpentine.
    Cure for Vomiting :
    Water taken from a running stream between sunset and sunrise.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eibhlín Ní Dhubláin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilgarvan, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Tomás Ó Dubhláin
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    60
    Address
    Kilgarvan, Co. Westmeath