School: Baile Mhodáin (roll number 12011)

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1. Local Cures (continued)

   

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   tooth. The iodine will deaden the pain, and leave patient in comparative comfort until the dentist's aid can be obtained. To relieve burns or scalds, rub the affected part with a raw potato; or bathe the injured part with cold tea until pain has gone. To cure a hiccough take a half teaspoonful of soft sugar in a teaspoonful of vinegar. This gives speedy relief. A good cure for corns is, soak some bread in vinegar for a few days, then put a small piece on the corn every night, binding with a piece of clean rag. Every third day, soak the feet in hot water and remove a layer of the corn. Continue treatment until corn vanishes. A sure cure for an earache, put a pinch of pepper into a piece of cotton-wool. Screw up into a ball, dip them into olive oil and insert into the ear. The oil breaks up the layer of pepper and causes a good heat. When seized with cramp in the legs in bed, the sufferer should press his heels into the bed as hard as possible and relief will be obtained.
   There are two holy wells in the vicinity of Bandon town. One is at Ballinadee and the other in Kilbrogan Park.

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Fred Wolfe

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Kilbrogan, Co. Cork