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School: Creewood (roll number 5331)

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Creewood, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Brighid, Bean Uí Chearnacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0715, Page 146

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    to change her name when she got married it will be cured.
    Sore Throat
    If the person puts salt on a pan and roasts it, then put it in a stocking and ties round his neck he will be cured.
    Corns
    To leave an ivy leaf in vinegar and put it on the corn in the morning it will be cured. To spill paraffin oil on an onion and put it on the corn it will be cured.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Aggie Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tankardstown, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Alexander Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    53
    Address
    Tankardstown, Co. Meath