School: Mostrim (B.) (roll number 2083)

Location:
Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Richard Hyland
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0770, Page 208

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  1. Another cure for a whittle is this. There is a leaf called the Trayfile and it grows about three inches high with a green stem and a small yellow flower much like the flower that grows on the furze. To use this you chop up the flowers and leaves very fine and also a little soap and boil it into a jelly and this will make a good poltice for a whittle.
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  2. There is a cure with a ferret for the whooping cough that is to drink a ferret's leavings. Whatever the ferret left after him put it into a bottle and drink a few drops of it when you would cough.
    Another old cure for the whooping cough is to give a donkey oaten meal and while he is eating it put the person under the donkey three times in the name of the Father Son and
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Nolan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lisnagrish, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Patrick Nolan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    40
    Occupation
    Labourer
    Address
    Lisnagrish, Co. Longford