School: Corlatty Carroll
- Location:
- Corlattycarroll, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Jas. Maguire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1014, Page 245
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- (continued from previous page)A Cure for MeaslesWhen children have the measles some nettles roots are boiled and the liquid is drank as a cure. It is said that this helps to bring he measles out on the child.
Another way is to tie a tape round the child's waist three times and say some prayers each time it is being tied. A Cure for a lump behind the ear.The Cure is to rub an iron to it for nine mornings in succession and at the end of the ninth morning the inflamation is supposed to go.
