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School: Ballinakillew (roll number 8433)

Location:
Ballynakillew Mountain, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Mary K. Nutt
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1031, Page 422

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    Cure for the sting of a bee or wasp put blue on it.
    Cure for a cut or wound. Singe a cloth in the fire and put brown sugar on it and put it on the cut or wound.
    Cure for heart fever. Take a cup of oat meal to the one that has the cure. She will put the cup of meal to each side of your heart. There will be a gap in the meal. It will show how your heart is wasted. Then the one with the cure will make a little cake and the person who has the heart fever will eat it.
    Cure for chillblains wash them in soda and water.
    Cure for the [aeracyplis?] put chicken weed on it when it is boiled.
    Cure for stians [sic] on the eyes stab them with gooseberry stabs in the name of the three best names.
    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
    Ruby Logan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Ballynakillew Mountain, Co. Donegal