School: Bush, Riverstown (roll number 11689)

Location:
The Bush, Co. Louth
Teacher:
Mrs Christmas
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0658, Page 003

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    A cure for mumps is to put the asses winkers on the person, and take the person into the pig sty, and roll him three times in the pig's bed.
    Name: Lily Armstrong, Age: 13 years.
    There is an old cure if you get a cut on your finger you break up a small slate, and put the dust into the cut and it will cure it. I got this cure from Mr. P. Quinn, Earls Quarter, he is sixty years of age.
    Tom Christmas age 13 years
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. A cure for mumps is to put the asses winkers on the person, and take the person into the pig sty, and roll him there times in the pig's bed.
    There is an old cure if you get a cut on your finger you break up a small slate, and put the dust into the cut and it will cure it.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tom Christmas
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13