School: Flower Hill (roll number 12788)
- Location:
- Flower Hill, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Isabel Mc Quade
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0700, Page 311
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- (continued from previous page)Make a poultice of boiled Marsh Mallows. Apply round ankle or wrist.
- If a person had an earache extract the juice from an ash stick by putting it over the fire. Let this juice cool and drop it into the ear.
To roll an onion in several layers of wet brown paper and roast in open fire and when soft squeeze out of the onion and let the juice cool and drop into ear for earache. - Transcription guide » You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Informant
- Mrs Mc Allen
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Navan, Co. Meath
- Put the raw white of an egg over any cut and it will prevent a scar.
