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School: Dundalk (Dundalk Road Convent) (roll number 5387)

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Dundalk, Co. Louth
Teacher:
Sr. M. Oliver
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0662, Page 035

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    Long ago when old people had pains. They would boile marshmallows into soap and they would bather thir pains in it. It was a good cure fer pains and sprains.
    (Mary Campbell)
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    If a person has warts he should get a straw and for every wart he has he should put a knot in the straw. When the straw rots the warts will go away.
    (Ara) Erysipelas is a bad disease and a person whose name is Mc Elroy can cure it.
    A woman whose name is always the same before marriage and after it can cure the whooping cough.
    A boy who has the whooping cough he can get a piece of red ribbon from his Godmother and the ribbon will cure it. A girl who has the same desease can get a red ribbon from her Godfather.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Dolan
    Gender
    Female