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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 036

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    and it will cure her.
    If you have bad kidney trouble the cure for that is, to get dandelions and boil them and drink the juice.
    If you swallow a field mouse it is a good cure for bad kidneys.
    If you have a sore throat put a silk handkerchief around your neck and it will get better.
    Long ago it was said that the cowslip could cure palsy and was called palsywort.
    Kathleen Dolan
    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
    Kathleen Dolan
    Gender
    Female