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School: Carrickallen

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Carrickallen, Co. Cavan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1022, Page 140

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    We are not so well versed in cures and herbs as our Grandmothers were.
    In country places some of theese cures are still known and used.
    A very good remedy for a cough is the juice of a white turnip.
    It is made by slicing the turnip and covering the slices with brown sugar.
    A simple cure for earache is to roast an onion take out the heart and put it as hot as possible into the ear.
    A stocking filled with roasted potatoes pined a round the neck is a good cure for a sore throat.
    Honey is a well
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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
    Philip O' Donoghue
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrickallen, Co. Cavan