School: Clochar na Trócaire, Ballyporeen (roll number 10437)
- Location:
- Ballyporeen, Co. Tipperary
- Teachers: An tSr Finnbarr An tSr Gabriel
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0573, Page 232
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- Cure for Sprains.
Put the white of an egg into a saucer, keep stirring it with a piece of alum about the size of a walnut, until becomes a thick jelly, apply a portion of it on a piece of lint large enough to cover the sprain, changing it for fresh one as often as it feels warm or dry. The limb should be kept in a level position by placing it on a chair.Cure for Blistered Feet.
Rub the feet, on going to bed, with spirits mixed with tallow, dropped from a lighted candle into the palm of the hand.Cure for Colds and Pains.
Ginger is very useful in colds and pains caused by over-anxiety. The best way to prepare it is to mix 1/2 teaspoonful of powdered ginger and 1 teaspoonful of sugar and pour on it a cup of boiling water.
Powdered ginger sprinkled on linseed meal makes a very good poultice for pneumonia, pleurisy and bronchitis.(continues on next page)
