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School: Templenoe, Caiseal

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Templenoe, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Thomas F. Keegan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0555, Page 108

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    the best remedy.
    For severe head aches an ice or cold compress applied at intervals of 10 minutes usually effects a speedy cure.
    For sprains in leg or hand it is the usual thing to go to the nearest spring or stream and construct a water fall and hold the limb under it.
    Water cress was much used by people who live near streams and was supposed to prevent cancer tumours and like diseases.
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    1 The milk left after ferrets is a cure for the whooping cough.
    2 Black tea or a fasting spit is a cure for sore eyes.
    3 Porter and the white of an egg is a cure for the jaundice.
    4 The dock leaf is a cure for a burn of an
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Whelan
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Quirke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Templenoe, Co. Tipperary