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School: Colthurst, An Bhlárna (roll number 6717)

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Blarney, Co. Cork
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S. Ó Laoghaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0349, Page 214

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    Cuts. An old cure for a cut was to wind a cobweb round the cut and the blood would be stopped immediately.
    Headaches. An old cure for a headache was to wet a cloth in very cold water and put it up to the head, with a drop of vinegar.
    Measles. An old cure for measles was to gather sheeps droppings and put them into a clean cloth and squeeze them into hot milk and drink the mixture.
    Nettle Stings. An old cure for a nettle sting was to damp a dockleaf and put it up to the nettled part, and that would cure it.
    Toothaches. A Toothache was cured by putting bread soda into the tooth.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Diarmuid Burns
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Blarney, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr D. Burns
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    51
    Address
    Blarney, Co. Cork