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School: Ballinlough (roll number 9238)

Location:
Ballinlough Big, Co. Meath
Teacher:
P. Mac Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0704, Page 054

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    Headache
    Rub the juice of a lemon to the forehead.
    Pain in the ear
    Warm castor oil and put it on a bit of cotton and wool and put it in the ear.
    Blood poison
    Get a white lily root and boil it put a handful of Indian meal in it and rub it on the blood poison.
    Stomach pains
    Warm milk and put a sup of whiskey or a pinch of ginger in it and drink it.
    Wildfire
    Get a gold ring and rub it on the wildfire for nine mornings.
    Wasp sting
    A little vinegar or a slice of onion rubbed on the sting.
    Ringworm
    Mix bluestone and water together and rub it on the ringworm.
    Cold
    The white of an egg and sugar, squeeze a few drops of lemon juice into it and drink it.
    Burn
    Rub bread soda on the burn.
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    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
    Eugene Masterson
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kingsmountain, Co. Meath