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School: Ferbane (Convent)

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Ferbane, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
Sr. Patrick
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0813, Page 345

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    Sore throat : Roast salt, and put it in an old stocking, and roll it round your neck.
    Ear-ache : Get a roasted onion and put it to your ear, and it will get better.
    Wart : Rub a snail on a wart and it will get better.
    A cut : Put a leaf on it called " St Brigid's Leaf" and the cut will stop bleeding.
    Mumps : Pick a big green leaf out of the garden and roll it round your neck.
    Boil : Make a plaster of soap and sugar and put it on the boil.
    Burn : Get a dock leaf in the garden and put it on the burn.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sarah Healy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ferbane, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Martin Healy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ferbane, Co. Offaly