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School: St. Brigid's (B.) (roll number 12925)

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Wexford, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
M. Gúld
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0880, Page 064

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    To stop a sore from bleeding you would put a cobweb on it. If a person had an earache they would put hot caster oil on it.
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  2. Cures

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    A cure for a pain in the stomach is to stand on your hands and get someone to shake you.
    A cure for warts is to rub a match on them for nine days.
    A cure for the hookping cough is to chop up snails and eat them.
    A cure for the toothache is to rub mustard on the tooth.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Hanton
    Gender
    Male

  3. Cures

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    A cure for warts is to put the juice of a dandelion on them.
    A cure for a headache is to put a stone on the forehead and the headache will
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