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School: St. Anne's (B.)

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Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
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P. Mac an t Saoir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1012, Page 139

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    Tootache: -
    Wash the bought with salt and water or chew purified glauber salts.
    Sore Throat -
    Put roaster salt in a stocking and put it round your neck, going to bed.
    Bachache: -
    Put a plaster of pitch on your back
    The Scald:-
    Get a piece of flannel and butn it. Then break it in little pieces and put it to the scald.
    Sore Eyes - Get nine gooseberry thorns and point them to your eye.
    Get a thorn and bless
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    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
    Leo Kierans
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lisnalea, Co. Cavan