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School: Carrigaline (C.) (roll number 13513)

Location:
Carrigaline, Co. Cork
Teachers:
Mrs O' Sullivan Mrs Tully
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0392, Page 096

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    cough attacks take a wineglass full, this mixture tastes like ale.
    2. Put the sufferer under and over a donkey nine times.
    Tooth Ache -
    1. Gargle your teeth and gums with methylated spirits and rinse out with cold water.
    2. Mix pepper and mustard together, put in the tooth and leave until the pain ceases.
    3. Cloves, salt, a smoke of a pipe, iodine, are also remedies.
    Measles -
    1. Boil onions in milk, add pepper, salt and a little fresh butter, use as a drink.
    2. Heat porter, add some sugar, and drink hot
    3. Other hot but light drinks and no food whatsoever.
    Burns -
    1. Cover with flour or breadsoda to exclude the air
    2. Rub on Carron oil, vaseline, or sweet oil, olive oil, or ointment.
    3. "Rúmála", which grows near a spring well, or bayleaf mixed with fresh lard, cures a burn
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen O' Regan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballinrea, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Thomas O' Regan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    75
    Address
    Ballinrea, Co. Cork