School: Rath (roll number 5391)
- Location:
- Rath, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Miss Palmer
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- The docter was not called upon years ago because people all used their own cures and remedies.
For sore throat roasted salt was placed in a stocking and tied around the neck.
Measles and scarletina were treated with large doses of castor oil to cool the fever and hot whiskey to put out the spots.
Whooping cough was cured by food left by a ferret or bread broken by two people with the same(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mrs Reynolds
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 43
- Address
- Cornacuask, Co. Westmeath
