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School: Shinrone (B.)

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Shinrone, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
William Mac Mahon
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0819, Page 034

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    Get garlic and eat it raw.
    Yellowjaundice
    Get a lb of worms and a pint of porter and boil them and then strain of the porter and drink it.
    Black leg
    Get garlic and cut it up fine and give it to them to drink it in milk.
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  2. Local Cures

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    Dog fits
    1. Give them sweet oil of linseed oil.
    2. Soak a cup of bread in paraffin oil.
    3. Give the dog that has the fits a spoonfull of sulphur in its food every meal.
    4. Give them a dose of castor oil.
    5. Throw them in to a tub of water
    6. Scratch them between the two ears.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English