School: Baile Tighe Dhomhnaill, Malla (roll number 12447)
- Location:
- Baltydaniel West, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Domhnall de Barra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0374, Page 098
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- Poultices of (a) bread and water
(b) bread squeezed out of boiling milk
(c) a white turnip
(d) a roasted potato.
These were used to bring the boil to a head and burst it, then plasters of melted beeswax on brown paper or soap and sugar mixed with boiled milk were applied to draw them.
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