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School: Flower Hill (roll number 12788)

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Flower Hill, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Isabel Mc Quade
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0700, Page 308

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  1. Whooping-Cough

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    If you have whooping cough you must find a donkey and cut some hair off on the cross on its back. Chop it up and eat it in bread and butter.
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  2. Sore Throats

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    Long years ago when the people had sore throats they used to get a sample of honey. They then boiled a few stalks of hore-hound for a certain time and then gave it a good stir, until the mixture was quite dissolved. They then left it by in a bottle for use as an unfailing remedy for sore throats.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. sore throat (~69)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Charles Murray
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Beauparc, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Mrs Murray
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Painestown, Co. Meath