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School: Coolfancy, Tinahely

Location:
Coolafancy, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Dll. Ó Conaill
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    Old Cures
    Colds - Put sugar between two slices of turnip and leave on a saucer all night. The juice that comes out is a great cure.
    Sore eyes - Bathe with cold tea.
    Cold on the chest - goose grease spread on brown paper and put on the chest will cure a cold on the chest.
    Chilblains - people rubbed on lamp oil to cure them.
    Pain in the side - Heat a plate before the fire, wrap it in flannel and apply it to the part where the pain is most severe: when the plate cools, apply another heated one.
    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
    Alice St Leger
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Coolroe, Co. Wicklow