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School: Clinstown (roll number 4193)

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Clintstown, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
S. Ó Dúnlaing
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0865, Page 515

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    boiled in water, and the water stained off afterwards.
    Varicose Veins
    There was only one cure which I know of, for varicose veins. This was to rub the veins with the fingers, until the skin was very, very hot.
    Goitre
    If a person's neck was swollen with goitre, a tight band was tied firmly around the neck, and left there until the swelling disappeared.
    Sick Stomach
    A good cure for a pain in the stomach was to take a drink of hot milk, with a grain of pepper added. Another way to cure the pain, was to lay a hot plate on the stomach.
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    Sore Eyes
    For sore eyes potato water rubbed to the eyes as hot as one could bear was supposed to cure them.
    Bald Head
    The only cure for a bald head was boiled leather mixed with grease.
    Burns
    A piece of cloth with grease rubbed on it was a cure for burns.
    Chilblains
    To walk out in the dew or the snow in one's bare
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy Carrigan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Clintstown, Co. Kilkenny