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

Location:
Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Richard Hyland
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0770, Page 404

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    Years ago there were a lot of different cures for every disease.
    A cure for jaundice is to catch a mouse alive and out him in a saucepan of milk and boil it, and then the mouse was taken out and the milk given to the sick person.
    A cure for corns is to get a raw potato and cut a hole in it and put a lump of washing soda in it and leave it until the washing soda melts and then put it on the corn.
    A cure for warts is to get a snail and out him on them and then stick him on a thorn and when the snail decays away the warts will go.
    A cure for ringworm is to put polish on it.
    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
    George Bloomer
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bracklon, Co. Longford