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School: Monknewton (roll number 9696)

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Monknewtown, Co. Meath
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Maighréad Ní Mhurchadha
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    Local Cures pg 422
    1. Long ago the people had a cure for nearly every disease. they got a mullen plant and they boiled the leaves of the plant until they got all the juice out of it then they would drink the juice and that was a real cure for a cold.
    2. If a person got a sting of a nettle a docken leave would cure it.
    3. the real old cure for a cold was buttermilk with sugar and a lump of butter in it this drink was called whey. it used to be taken when they were going to bed in the night.
    4. If a person got of a wasp they put blue on it to cure it.
    5. If a person got a thorn in his finger he would put a piece of fat bacon on it and it would draw out the thorn.
    6. If a person had a sty in his eye they got a little
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Alice Smyth
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dowth, Co. Meath