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School: Clochar Loreto, An Uaimh (roll number 16100)

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Navan, Co. Meath
Teacher:
An tSr. M. Colm
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0699, Page 062

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    The cure of ringworm was lard and sulphur.
    The lard and sulphur was mixed together, but first the lard was rendered and this was put on the wounds and it cured it in less than a couple of days.
    I got this cure from my mother,
    Mrs. B. Buchanan,
    Macetown,
    Navan,
    Co Meath Age 38 years
    The person that wrote it.
    Maureen Buchanan,
    Macetown,
    Navan,
    Co. Meath
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Buchanan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Macetown, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Maureen Buchanan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Macetown, Co. Meath