School: Kilmurry
- Location:
- Kilmurry, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: A. de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0803, Page 218
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- XML “Local Cures - Yellow Jaundice”
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- (4) a cure for the yellow jaundice is to get worms and cut them and eat them.
- a way to cure a gumbile is to scald the mouth with boiling water.
- To cure an earache warmed olive oil put into the ear and wadding put into keep in the olive oil is good.
- 2) Seven Christmas day's and seven Easter Sunday's holy water mixed together and then three drops poured into the ear "in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost"
- 3) To get the juice of an ash stick and rub it on the ear, will cure it
- (4) Castor oil is used to cure a pain in the ear
- Haemorrhage: Put a key down our back or from the nose.. chew paper
- a burst: a cure for a burst is to get hot water and a spoonful of breadsoda(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Celia Dalton
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 11
- Address
- Bracklin Little, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Thomas Dalton
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 51
- Address
- Bracklin Little, Co. Offaly
