School: An Carraigín (roll number 13836)

Location:
Carrigeen, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Oireachtaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0255, Page 023

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  3. XML “To Cure Boils”
  4. XML “Cure for Cuts”
  5. XML “To Cure a Bad Cold or Cough”

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    fifteen minutes or as soon as it gets cold, remove it and apply another. Keep repeating this and in a short time the boils ripen, burst and all the bad matter leaves them, and very soon they shrivel up and finally disappear.
    Note - a poultice made in the same way of a boiled turnip will also draw a thorn out of the flesh or bone no matter how far in it is.
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