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School: Carlingford (C.) (roll number 13582)

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Carlingford, Co. Louth
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S. Ní Mhártain
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    1. A Cure for A Sore Throat
    Put a pound of bran on a shovel, hold over fire and roast it. Then put it in a stocking and bandage your throat with it. Do this for a week and at the end of that time your throat will be cured.
    2. A Cure For A Sprain
    Get some marsh mallow - a weed that grows along the road side. Boil it for two hours and then leave it to cool. In ten minutes it forms a jelly. Rub this on the sprained part.
    3. A Cure For Sore Eyes
    Get some house leek - it grows on old houses. Boil it for one hour and bathe your eyes with the liquid. Repeat three times for one week.
    4. A Cure For Mumps
    Put the donkey's winkers on the person affected and lead him in and out to the donkey's stable six times for one week. This is supposed to cure the disease.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ita Rice
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Newry Street, Co. Louth
    Informant
    Mrs Morgan
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dundalk Street, Co. Louth