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School: St Columba's Abbey, Navan (roll number 882)

Location:
Navan, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Br. Abban O' Donoghue
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0700, Page 127

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  1. Chilblains

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    Chilblains:- 1. Paraffin oil. C. Delaney
    2 Tops of crab trees + boil sleep finger in water T. Regan
    3 Steep in water in which parsnips were boiled
    4 Rub with cream of goat's milk
    5 Dip fingers affected in water collected on cows droppings in field - T Regan
    6 Rub with mutton suet
    7 Melt Pigs lard + mix with mustard
    8 Steep in water in which potatoes were boiled
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. chilblains (~51)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    C. Delaney
    Informant
    T. Regan

  2. Cures

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    Ring Worm. Blue stone and lard.
    Sting. Blue
    Sting of Nettle:- Get a capog and rub it in saying "Dalkin Dalkin in and out take the sting of the nettle out."
    Measles. "Red nettle boiled in milk."
    Wart: Clay off heel of boot when moon is full.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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