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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 055

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    Nose bleeding
    Put a penny or a stone on the back of the person's neck
    Chilblains
    Rub parafin on the chilblains.
    Hic cough
    Get a pinch of salt and swallow it.
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    Warts
    The cure of a wart is to get a black snail when your are not looking for him. You must rub him to your wart and hang him on a white thorn bush. You must rub him to your wart for nine mornings and as he is withering away the wart will be withering away.
    Mumps
    The cure for the mumps is to go out to the pigsty and say "pigs, pigs take the mumps, mumps, mumps go to the pigs."
    Whooping-cough
    "The" cure for the whoopingcough is to tie a red ribbon arond your neck until you are cured.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Gaughran
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Ballinlough Big, Co. Meath