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School: Glasthule (St Joseph's Boys)

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Glasthule, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
P. Ó Cuinneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0796, Page 166

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    A great cure for chilblains is to get a carrot and grate it up into small pieces and then get a piece of lard or unsalted butter and mix them together, until they form an ointment. Rub it on the chilblains and soon they will vanish.
    A cure for rheumatism is to cut an onion in halves and rub the juice of it on the pain.
    A cure for warts is to sting it with a nettle, or dip the hand with the (word) warts into and old tree, containing water. Repeat this action every day until the warts go.
    A good way of getting rid of ugly boils, is to get a spoon-
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tomás Ó Cearbhaill
    Gender
    Male