School: Donore (roll number 6668)
- Location:
- Donore, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Maighréad Nic Eóin
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- CuresAnother cure for a coughWell boil some flax seed and strain. Add liquorice, lemon juice an sugar-candy. Boil again until the liquorice and sugar-candy are dissolved. Strain again and cool.Josie McGuinnGot from: Mrs Margaret McGuinn (46)
Mullacroghan,
Drogheda
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- Josie Mc Guinn
- Gender
- Female
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- Mrs Margaret Mc Guinn
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 46
- Address
- Platin, Co. Meath
- A Cure for Ringworm
Mix nine pence worth of quicksilver with some lard, and mix until the quicksilver has disappeared.Use as an ointment.
Sheila Fullam - A cure for a pain in the earIf you have no olive oil, melt some butter and put it on a piece of wadding and put it into the ear.Shiela Fullam
- Cures - A cure for ChilblainsBoil some pieces of the bark of an elm tree and bathe the feet in the water.Sheila FullamBee's wax mixed with olive oil will cure chilblains.P. Lennon
