School: Clochar na Trócaire, Baile Mathúna (roll number 3865)
- Location:
- Ballymahon, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Sr. M. Clement
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0751, Page 434
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- Jaundice. There is a family named Mulvihill in the townland of Ardaghill who cure yellow Jaundice successfully, especially young and middle-aged people. The treatment of a very old person may not be always successful.
The preparation is taken in new milk on Mondays and ThursdaysRing-Worm. There is a family named McGarry living on Castlerea Mountain in Moydow Parish (Co. Longford) who have a wonderfully successful cure for ring-worm taken from cattle. I have known over half a dozen adults, men, who wasted plenty of money on doctors' remedies, unsuccessfully, but were cured in a couple of days by McGarry's Ointment. It is probably medicinal, as they recommend poulticing and plaster, alternatively. They also disallow meat while suffering. Erysipelas. There is a Protestant family in Newtowncashel named Rollins, who cure(continues on next page)
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