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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 145

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    Pheumonia. Six to ten onions chopped finely - put in "Skillet" with the same amount of rye-meal. Add vinegar to make a paste. Let it simmer for 5 mins. Put into a cotton bag, large enough to cover lungs and apply to chest. (Called by old people Inflamnation of Lungs.)
    Abcess. Cured by bathing in water in which parsnips have been boiled.
    Cold on Chest. Brown paper soaked in goose-grease on tallow and applied to chest.
    Sore throat. Salt roasted and put in a 1. woollen stocking wound around the neck. 2. Black-currants boiled in honey and sugar.
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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
    Rita Mc Cormack
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mullingar, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Jim Mc Hugh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    68
    Address
    Springfield or Spittlefield, Co. Westmeath