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School: Páirc Íseal (C.) (roll number 4794)

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Lowpark, Co. Mayo
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Sorcha Ní Dhumhnaigh
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    for it and bathe the warts with the water, the warts would disappear.
    3. Steal a piece of bacon and rub it on the warts, then bury it. As the bacon rots, the warts will disappear.
    4. Rub raw potatoes on the warts and they will disappear.
    5. Rub washing soda on the warts several times a day.
    Measles:-
    1. Keep the patient very warm. Give warm drinks--punch--whiskey, warm water and sugar or whiskey, warm milk and sugar rum and brandy also given. See that the patient gets no cold, sore eyes, or ears etc.. Any disease left after measles. remains.
    2. Nettle Juice is given at the beginning of measels--as the saying is to get them out.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Doherty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lowpark, Co. Mayo