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School: Ballinacarrow (roll number 13277)

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Ballynacarrow, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Duibheannaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0175, Page 155

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    foul mouth. The man is to blow his breath three times into the persons mouth and then wash it out with salt on a hares foot.
    Scurvy:
    Pounded house-leak is a good cure for it. Put the house-leak on a cloth and rub it on the Scurvy three or four times.
    Measles:
    Nettle broth. Put some oatmeal through the nettles and boil them and take it three times a day.
    Liver:
    Rowanberry Wine.
    Stye on the Eye:
    Prick it with nine gooseberry thorns and throw the tenth over your shoulder.
    Ear Ache.
    Roast a small onion and put it to the ear.
    Corns:
    Tie a bit of fat bacon or [?]
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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
    Dorothy Hall
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Templehouse, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Owen Ford
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    86
    Address
    Templehouse, Co. Sligo