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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 349

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    Glanville, The Prairie, Toormore
    Chilblains: Put a green cabbage leaf inside your stocking, and it will cure chilblains.
    This cure was told to me by Margaret Coughlan, Ferbane, Offaly.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  2. Local Cures

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    To cure warts dip a straw in water, then rub the top of the straw on the warts, and do not look at it and it will fall off in a few days.
    For a sore throat roast salt and put it in a piece of cloth and tie it around your neck. There is a weed growing in the hedge called 'fox tongue'. Heat it to the fire and put it on a burn and it will cure it.
    The seventh son has a charm to cure ringworm. Any man named Walsh can cure wildfire by the blood of his finger.
    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
    Mary B. Jennings
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Reynaun, Co. Offaly