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School: Kilmorgan (roll number 12444)

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Kilmorgan, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Kathleen M. Doyle
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0183, Page 266

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    and leave it there for a few days the bunion will be cured.
    This is a cure for corns which are other things that come on the feet. If you get a turnip, and put salt on it, and leave it aside for a few days until the salt is well melted. Then put some of this juice on the corn everyday until the corn becomes cured.
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    The dandelion is a cure for TB. If you get the juice of a dandelion, of course you would want to get the juice of more than one. But to get it of a good number, and drink it a good many times, the disease may dissappear.
    There is a herb which grows in the bog, it is called the ''Bog Lily''. It is a cure for Rheumatism, and all
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Nealon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloonlurg, Co. Sligo