School: Donabate (B.)

Location:
Donabate, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
L. Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0789, Page 284

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  1. Bad Chest:- Get a white turnip and slice it and put brown sugar between the slices and put them between two plates over night and in the morning drink the juice
    John Fitzpatrick 19th November 1937
    Corns:-
    (1) Melt a real perl button in lemon juice and rub it in to a corn
    John Fitzpatrick 19th November 1937 Donabate
    (2) Rub fat bacon on your corns over night then when the corns are gone bury the bacon
    James Mac Donnell Donabate 19th November
    (3) Get an ivy leaf and dip it in vinegar put it on your toe and leave it there one
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Halpin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Donabate, Co. Dublin
    Informant
    Mrs Halpin
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    38
    Address
    Beaverstown, Co. Dublin