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School: Wilkinstown (roll number 1917)

Location:
Wilkinstown, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Máire Ní Failcheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0711, Page 001

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  1. Homemade Ointment - An Old Cure for Piles and Pimples

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    A leaf called Pilewort should be got and pounded well and boiled with unsalted butter and strained. The juice should then be put in an air-tight bottle and applied when needed to the piles or pimples. A tight bandage should be put on the sores. This is supposed to be a sure remedy.
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    “The skin of a raw potato was known as a cure for a burn.”

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    1. The skin of a raw potato was known as a cure for a burn.
    2. The water that potatoes were boiled in was a cure for a black eye.
    3. The juice of an ash stick was a cure for an abscess in the ear.
    4. Chewing the skin of a young ash tree was supposed to cure heart-burn.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. burns (~116)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Patrick Lynn
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    39
    Address
    Wilkinstown, Co. Meath