School: An Clochar, Dún an Ochta
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- Eyrecourt, Co. Galway
- Teacher: An tSr. Kostka
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- XML “Local Cures - Swellings”
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- CornsSteep ivy leaves in vinegar until they become quite soft, then apply to corn. Secure on toe with a tiny bandage. Leave on for a few days - night and day. The corn can generally be removed in about three days.Olive Reynolds, Feamore.
- SwellingsGoose grease is a very good cure for swellings.
This grease is rubbed into the affected parts and generally cures.Plenty of old Irish people preserve this grease and depend more upon it than on a doctor. Mary Kenny
Redmount - Cuts or wounds or bruisesParaffin Oil is a cure for these. A spiders web put on a cut is supposed to heal the(continues on next page)