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School: Summerville (roll number 622)

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Summerville, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
John Burke
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0652, Page 64

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    Put about four spoonfuls of sugar in the water. Cut a couple of slices from a turnip and put them into the bowl of water. Leave it steep for the night. When you get up in the morning drink the water off the turnip and you will soon be without a cough.
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  2. Local Cures

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    Wart. If you rub a snail to a wart it would cure it.
    Corn. If you keep ivy leaves around a corn for nine days would cure it.
    Measles. Saffron is a cure for the measles.
    Chin Cough. If you run under a (mare) assfour times it would cure the chin cough. If you give a mare ass that is rearing a foal bread pick up the crumbs that would fall out of the ass'es mouth and
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Anne Power
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Margaret Butler
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Female