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School: Mulrankin

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Mulrankin, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Peadar Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0877, Page 194

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    If you put cream of your lips it will keep them from cracking in frosty weather.
    If bread soda is applied to a scald or a burn it will cure it.
    If you have a heart burn take half a spoon full of bread soda in half a cup full of water it will cure it.
    If paraffin oil is applied to chillblains it cures them.
    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
    Rosie Kavanagh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mulrankin, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Mrs Cassidy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    45
    Address
    Bridgetown, Co. Wexford