School: Mulhuddart (roll number 16675)
- Location:
- Mulhuddart, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0790, Page 33
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- Chilblains are very common in this district. There are numerous cures for this complaint. The cures are as follows.
Put a poultice of loaf bread steeped in vinegar on the chilblain and allow it to remain on them overnight . The vinegar burns the pain away and also reduces the swelling.
- Collector
- Annie O' Hanlon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Parslickstown, Co. Dublin
- Informant
- Mrs Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Mulhuddart, Co. Dublin
- Roasted salt is applied to the chilblains nightly before retiring to bed. As a result the salt and its substance removes both pain and swelling.
