School: Shinrone (B.)

Location:
Shinrone, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
William Mac Mahon
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    be boiled and strained and then brown sugar and juice of a lemon are to be put into water. They are boiled and the water is to be drank and take half a glass every day.
    Whooping Cough
    2. Give an ass bread and the crumbs he lets fall, give them to the person that has the whooping cough.
    3. Rheumatism
    Get a glass of vinegar and a glass of turpentine and a glass of first shot, they are to be put into a bottle and mixed together and then rubber to the place where the pain is.
    4. Sprain
    Marshmallow and lard fried together and then rubbed to the sprain.
    5. Pain in the Back
    Get a piece of red flannel
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English