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School: Clonoulty (roll number 578)

Location:
Clonoulty, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Timothy Gleeson
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0584, Page 003

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  1. Cures - Plaster for Boil

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    Plaster for Boil
    Crush some table sugar by rolling a bottle on it. Mix this with a few thin slices of soap. Spread portion on piece of old linen sufficiently large to cover the boil. This extracts the 'pus'.
    Hannie Ryan
    Clonoulty Hill
    Goolds Cross
    Co. Tipperary
    To Ripen a Boil.
    Apply to the boil some freshly dropped cow dung.
    Hannie Ryan
    Clonoulty Hill
    Gooldscross
    Co. Tipperary
    John Ryan
    Clonoulty Hill
    Goolds Cross
    Co. Tipperary
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. boils (~39)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Hannie Ryan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonoulty Hill, Co. Tipperary