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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0993, Page 002

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    Local cures
    There are many cures for disease before doctors were to be had. Here is a cure for a burn, first you get a middle sized lime stone and you burn it in the fire for a couple of days till it gets brittle.
    Then you take it and get a basin of cold water and put the lime stone in it till it melts , then there comes a skimming on the top of the water.
    Lift a couple of spoonfuls of the water and put it on a saucer , then get some linseed oil and pour it on top of the water and keep mixing it till it comes to a cream, then you have your cure made and rub some of this every day adn in a couple of days the burn will fill in again
    Maud Lowry, Graddum, Ballyjamesduff, Co Cavan
    Material obtained from Mr Hugh Smyth, Graddum, Crosserlough, Co Cavan
    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
    Maud Lowry
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Graddum, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mr Hugh Smyth
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Graddum, Co. Cavan