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School: St Brigid's, Castleknock

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Castleknock, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
Mrs Thornton
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0790, Page 170

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    For a Boil
    Make a poultice of half boiled oat meal
    For a headache
    Tie a cold compress around the head
    For a toothache
    Put a table spoonful of common salt in a cup of boiling water and hold it in the mouth for a time
    For a stye
    Get a gooseberry thorn and point it to the eye for nine mornings
    For a pain in the ear
    Get a bit of young ash and put it in the fire and catch the juice that comes from it and drop it into ear
    For warts
    Get the milk weed from a garden and squeeze
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    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
    Rosaleen Hughes
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    10
    Address
    Knockmaroon Hill, Co. Dublin
    Informant
    Mrs Hughes
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knockmaroon Hill, Co. Dublin