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School: Monaghan (Clochar Lughaidh) (roll number 359)

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Monaghan, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Sr Déaglán
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0956, Page 241

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  1. Local Cures (continued)

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    A little rum or whiskey is a cure for a cold, also sweet milk and onions, butter milk and sugar, lemon drink and gruel.
    Soot will clean your teeth and make them white. If you point a stye on your eye with nine gooseberry thorns it will get better but the parents of the person who jags it must be alive.
    Rub a piece of paper to a wart and say in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, and throw it after a funeral and the wart will go away.
    Baking soda disolved in warm water will cure a heart burn.
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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
    Kathleen Mc Farlane
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Listellan, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Mr Bernard Mc Farlane
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Listellan, Co. Monaghan