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   boil, the steam will draw out the root of the boil, but it is very severe no one would suffer it now but long ago they did.

   Cure for sprained ankle:
   Water of pump poured down on the ankle.

   Cure for sty on eye:
   A boy where father is alive must point ten thorns of a gooseberry bush to the eye, throw away the tenth while saying "Im the name of the Father, son and Holy Ghost".

   Cure for whooping cough:
   The mother of the child should write to the childs godfather for a red ribbon which is tied round the childs neck. Also the bread left after meals of a married couple of the same name, sprinkled over the child.

   Cure for sore throat:
   A stocking of roasted salt round the childs neck and fastened at the back with a safety pin.

   Cure for severe cold:
   Buttermilk gruel.

   Cure for corns:
   A piece of a fat bacon between the toes and indeed its many a line my poor grandfather walked miles for an ivy leaf for his corns.

   Cure for thorn in fingers:
   Bread steeped in hot water and applied hot.

   Cure for spot on heel:
   A poultice of soap and sugar.

   Cure for pains:
   There is a woman living in Slickillon named Mrs Woods who has the cure for pains. You must go there on Sunday, Monday, Thursday in the

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Eveline Byrne

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Chanonrock, Co. Louth