School: Marlfield, Cluain Meala
- Location:
- Marlfield, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Mary E. Skally
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- (continued from previous page)A Cure for a cut
A common cure for a cut in years gone by was, get a cobweb wash the cu, then place the cobweb on the cut and leave it there for some time. My Mother who told me this cut cure said she does not know how the people of olden Ireland when they did this did not get blood poison But old Irish people never knew of blood poison.
A cure for a chest cold
An old cure for a chest cold was get a large piece of brown paper get some whiskey Put the whiskey and brown paper on the chest of the person who has the cold
A cure for a cough
A very old cure for a cough is, get a big turnip scrape the(continues on next page)
