School: Moyvoughley (roll number 7249)

Location:
Moyvoughly, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
C. Ní Fhlannagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0743, Page 045

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0743, Page 045

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    I remember when Paddy Daily was threshing for us and as the Mill ...

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    Shilling instead of me.
    Cures
    Mr j Buckley, Ballycloughduff. He was the seventh son of the Buckley family. H can cure ringworm by breathing on the ringworm. He was born in the year 1865
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  2. Mrs Wand cures chilblains with parsnip water. She used two pints of water in which parsnips were boiled and mixes one tablespoon of powdered alum in the liquid, stirs it well and bathe the affected part in the solution for twenty minutes. Allow to dry without rinsing. Keep the solution and repeat several times until the chilblains are quite gone.
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    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
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