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School: Mercy Convent, Newtownforbes (roll number 8546)

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Newtown Forbes, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Sr. M. Brainín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0757, Page 030

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    Long ago the people had many cures for different diseases. They had cures for pains aches and cuts.
    They used Jeyes Fluid as a cure for a tooth-ache. It is a very good cure and I often saw it being used. Long ago if people had warts they rubbed water off a bridge on them or dipped washing soda in holy water and made the sign of the cross over the warts with washing soda. Sometimes a person rubbed a black snail on the wart and then they stuck the snail on a white thorn bush. After a while the snail withered away and the wart withered also.
    If a person got a cut and the blood did not stop they often put a spiders cobweb on it and the blood stopped. If a person got a burn he chopped up new potatoes and put them on it.
    Cold tea is a cure for a sty in your eye. The
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Ralph
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Newtown Forbes, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Mr Ralph
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    76
    Address
    Newtown Forbes, Co. Longford