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School: Monksland (C.) (roll number 2792)

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Monksland, Co. Louth
Teacher:
M. Nic Oireachtaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0659, Page 238

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    blankets and put them under a briar growing like an arch.
    A cure for a sprained ankle or arm is to rub it with goose grease.
    A cure for a headache is to get a cloth and dip it in very cold water, then put it round your head after that, put a dry cloth round your head.
    A cure for a bealing finger is to get a leaf which grows wild along the road and wrap it round your finger, the leaf is called the carpenter leaf.
    A cure for mumps is to roll the person in blankets and roll them in the pig sty.
    A cure for a sty on your eye is to stick it with a gooseberry thorn.
    A cure for warts is to steep fresh lime in water and in a few days drink the juice.
    Joan Murphy Petestown (aged 10)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joan Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    10
    Address
    Petestown, Co. Louth