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 315
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- Put a cold key down the person's back. If a child is affected give it some paper to chew, but be careful not to allow it to swallow it.
- If a child gets a cold rub its chest with sweet oil night and morning for about five minutes.
- Collector
- Pamela Bartley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Flower Hill, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Mrs Lightholder
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Flower Hill, Co. Meath
- Apply a little fresh butter or olive oil and renew every quarter of an hour for two or three hours.
- Long ago people used to put a cobweb on a cut to stop it from bleeding. A puffin which(continues on next page)
