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School: Mullingar (Pres. Convent) (roll number 934)

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Mullingar, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Sr. Colmcille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0735, Page 067

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    Cure for a rash, the breath of a child that was born after the death of his father or mother.
    If you have a pain in our stomach boil garlic in milk and eat it
    To stop blood put a cobweb over the cut.
    Long ago the people used to say if you had corns to walk through the bog in your bare feet for a cure.
    Cure for a headache get brown paper and put vinegar on it and then press it to your forehead.
    Butter made from goats milk is good for making ointments for healing cuts
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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
    Eilish Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mullingar, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Mrs Falkner
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mullingar, Co. Westmeath