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School: Rathfeigh (roll number 10281)

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Rathfeigh, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Mrs Rose Madden
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0686, Page 258

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    parts as an ointment.
    (18) The cure for warts is thistle juice.
    (19) The cure for the whooping is to go under an ass three times.
    (20) The cure for unbroken chill-blains is to rub a raw onion or a raw potato to them.
    (21) The cure for a corn is to rub the the head of a match to it.
    (22) A cure for a cough is to put a child out under a donkey three times and say In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.
    (23) A cure for boils is bread soda and boiling water.
    (24) The cure for pains is boiled nettles and milk.
    (25) Anyone who never saw his father has the cure of a sore mouth.
    (26) A cure for a pain in the back is the poor man's plaster.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English