School: Shinrone (B.)

Location:
Shinrone, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
William Mac Mahon
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  1. garlic boiled in milk and the milk given to the cattle to drink.
    Toothache
    Get a plaster cloth and place it from the ear straight down to the aching tooth.
    Headache
    Get a potato and wash it well and cut it in two halves, then put it to the forehead and keep it there until the head is as cold as the potato.
    Warts
    1. Get a shell snail and rub it in the sign of the cross on the wart.
    2. Get washing soda and rub it hard into the wart.
    Mumps
    Put a halter on you and get the mother of seven daughters to drive you to a well and put you on your knees and give you three cups of water and drive you back again.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English