School: Kilcullen (Convent) (roll number 11806)
- Location:
- Kilcullen, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Na Siúracha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0780, Page 242
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- Boils Mix some salt sugar and a cabbage leaf and apply mixture to boil.
- Wounds An old cure for wounds is a weed called Bog Cotton which grows in the Bog. People had to use it long ago in the war to cure wounds.
- Blood Poison There is a weed called "Soldiers" Plaintain. Squeeze the leaves of this plant in your hand and put the joice in the cut and it will be cured.
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- Whitlow Rub it with a roasted potato.
- rub a roasted fig on it
- apply some roasted salt in a black stocking
- smoke off blessed turf is good.
