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School: Punt Abhann (Pontoon)

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Tawnaghmore, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Anastasia Ní Chonaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0147, Page 387

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    cures for burns. “If the hand is steeped in new” If the burnt limb be immersed in a bowl of new milk and left there for a few minutes, and a cloath is soaked in new milk, flour is shaken on the burn and the cloath is rapped round it. This cloth is not removed for days. It is soaked in hot castor oil before removed.
    A simple cure for sleeplessness is raw onions and buttermilk taken with potatoes before going to bed. Another cure for sleeplessness is to drink a cup of strong black tea. A cure for a head ache is to tie a band soaked in vinegar round the head and to lie down.
    I got these cures from my mother.
    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
    Maggie Mc Hale
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tawnaghmore, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Norah Mc Hale
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    40
    Address
    Tawnaghmore, Co. Mayo