School: Presentation Convent, Carraig na Siúire (roll number 11872)

Location:
Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Na Siúracha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0565, Page 014

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0565, Page 014

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  1. When a person had a cold he goes to the nearest stream and gathers some of the watercress, steeped it before using it. A sick stomach was cured but a few spoonfuls of bread soda, disolved in hot water
    Chilblains + corns were cured by mustard and ointment mixed.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. colds (~62)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    B. O' Brien