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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Nenagh

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Nenagh, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
An tSr. Seanán
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0535, Page 449

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    Chilblains. welts and corn - to boil parsnips with some water, then to pour the water on your sores. Then let the water soak into them.
    Rheumatism cure : To put a raw potato in your pockets.
    Colds : To drink a cupful of boiling milks with a spooful of mustard in it.
    To prevent Colds on chest : Rub ordinary tallow candles on a piece of coarse brown paper. Then put on chest.
    Hoarseness ; Boil an ounce of black currant leaves in one pint of water. Then strain and bottle it. Take a table-spoon-ful twice or three times a day.
    Inflamed eyes ; Get a pennyworth of bluestone. Place enough to cover a sixpence in an ordinary eight ounce
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sheila Hogan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dublin Road, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mr Martin Hogan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Saint John's Terrace, Co. Tipperary