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School: Teamhair, Áth Treasna

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0351, Page 520

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    Page 520
    Burns.
    Rub olive oil and bandage.
    Rub hog's lard, that there is no salt in, to the burn.
    Sore throat.
    Poultice it with dried, hot salt, or hot meal.
    A sty in your eye.
    Rub your fasting spittle to it, 9 mornings after each other.
    Wash your eyes with cold tea in the morning.
    A cold.
    Boil an onion in milk and drink it going to bed.
    A cup of hot milk with some butter in it.
    Pain in the ear.
    Put a little sweet oil on a little cotton wool and put it into the ear.
    Consumption.
    Pull the dandelion with its roots, boil it in water, strain it, and drink the water.
    Boils
    To break a boil melt alum in
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    David Cahill
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Pleasure Hill, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Hanna Cahill
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    53
    Address
    Pleasure Hill, Co. Cork