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School: Carne (roll number 8941)

Location:
Carna, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Máiréad L. de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0879, Page 021

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    Sea Sickness:
    Get a lump of fat bacon and tie a string to it and and keep swallowing and pulling it up again.
    Chilblains:
    Wrap them in primrose leaves.
    Colds:
    Blackcurrant leaves stewed is very good for a cold.
    Sty on Eye:
    A thorn from a gooseberry tree.
    Bad chest:
    Water in which cabbage is boiled in (Cabbage-water).
    Cold Tea:
    A cure for weak eyes.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English