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School: Cushinstown (roll number 3146)

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Cushinstown, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Rita Dardis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0686, Page 014

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    A wart on the hand
    1. Get a snail and put it on a wart and then stick the snail into a thorn, and when he dies the wart has disappeared.
    2. The milk of Dandelions is another very successful cure.
    Whooping cough
    To walk under an ass's stomach three times cures this irritable cough
    Chilblains
    A dog's lick cures this punishment.
    Headache
    The food left after a ferret if eaten cures a headache.
    Toothache
    Frog's spawn if held in the mouth until it melts is a sure cure.
    Wounds and cuts
    St. Brigit's leaf is very good for these.
    Earache
    Warm breadsoda gives great relief
    Roasted onions and flannel cures inflammation of the throat.
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