School: Templenoe, Caiseal
- Location:
- Templenoe, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Thomas F. Keegan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0555, Page 106
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- 1. A good cure for rheumatism is to beat the patient all over the body with nettles for ten minutes each night for a week and take a hot bath with a lb of Epsoms salts each night after the nettle cure.
2. A good old home cure for a stubborn cough is a brisk walk to the nearest spring well, drink a cup of water and then back to breakfast.
3. Another home recipe for healthy lungs is to break an egg into a glass of water and swallow it without breaking the film.
4. A very old cure for chest trouble in children is to beat up the white of an egg with two spoonfuls of vinegar an add three lumps of cane sugar. A tea spoonful to be given to a six months child and increase the dose according to age.
5. A good cure for whooping cough is asses milk, three glasses to be taken daily, and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kitty Ryan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mr Tim Ryan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dangandargan, Co. Tipperary
