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School: Dangan (C.) (roll number 7499)

Location:
Dangan, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Maighréad Ní Fhógartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0692, Page 211

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  1. Cure for an Abscess

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    The cure of a boil or an abscess is to put sugar and soap in a tin and boil it in new milk and then when it cools put it on the boil. Then it will draw all the bad corruption out of it and the soreness will go away.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rosaleen Hughes
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Margaret Duffy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Summerhill, Co. Meath

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    “People who have marks on their bodies after sores can be cured.”

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    People who have marks on their bodies after sores can be cured.
    The cure is to roast a bit of butter on a spoon and rub it into it.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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