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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Ros Mhic Treóin (roll number 967)

Location:
New Ross, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Sr M.R. Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh
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    Old Cures
    Hoarseness
    One ounce of freshly scraped horse-radish in a gill of cold water. Boil for ten minutes with two ounces of honey. Take a teaspoonful, four times daily.
    Swelling and Sores.
    Save the water in which potatoes have boiled. In an quart of it, boil one ounce of foxglove leaves for ten minutes. Bathe the affected parts with the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tessie Kielthy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Irishtown, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Mr J. Ennis
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Streamstown, Co. Wexford