School: Kilmurry
- Location:
- Kilmurry, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: A. de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0803, Page 211
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- (6) A cure for a burn is to licked a DarkieLucker's belly three times and make the sign of the cross while licking it.
- (7) Bread soda is put on a burn to cure it.
(8) When a person gets a burn at first they should hold it near the fire for a couple of minutes and then put it in water. - (9) A cure for a burn is butter milk and sweet oil.
(10) Another cure for a burn is to rub paraffin oil on it. - (1) A cure for a headache is to bathe your forehead in cold water.
(2) Another cure is to drink a cup of very strong tea.
(3) It is also a good thing to drink a cup of hot water - Transcription guide » You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Celia Dalton
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Bracklin Little, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Thomas Dalton
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 51
- Address
- Bracklin Little, Co. Offaly
- (5) If anyone has a headache they should(continues on next page)
