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School: Yellow Furze

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Yellow Furze, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Síle, Bean Uí Leamhain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0684, Page 231

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    Boils. Mix an equal quantity of soap and sugar.
    Burns. Common tan spread on brown paper.
    Chopped Hands. Wash in water in which mutton-suet was dissolved.
    Chilblains. Poultice with roasted onions or onions.
    Deafness. Insert a few drops of onion juice into the ear a few times a day.
    Pain in the ear. Put a roasted onion to it as hot as can be borne.
    Sore Eyes. Pound some dwarf ivy sprinkled with water. Put into a thin cloth press out the juice and bottle it. Dress the eyes 2 or three times a day with this.
    Hiccough. Take 30 drops of the spirit of hartshorn in a glass of cold water.
    Lumbago. Bruise onions and apply them as a poultice
    Consumption. Gather the blossoms.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Collector
    Teresa Mullen
    Gender
    Female
    Collector
    Veronica Quinn
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Eileen Burton
    Gender
    Female