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School: Thomastown Convent (roll number 16028)

Location:
Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
An tSr M. Lelia
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0858, Page 099

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    In olden times people steeped ivy leaves in white wine vinegar for twenty four hours and then applied it to corns and it was considered a great corn-cure.
    To make the Sign of the Cross with a goose-berry thorn on a sty in a person's eye is said to cure it.
    When one's throat was sore it was gargled with salt and water which was supposed to cure it.
    A roast fig or two roast laurel leaves were used to cure tooth-ache, and a roast onion for an ear-ache.
    Forge-water was looked upon as a remedy for chillblains.
    The leaves of an Orange Lily
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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
    Margaret Kirwan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Jerpointchurch, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Mr Kirwan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Jerpointchurch, Co. Kilkenny