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School: Tulach an Iarainn (B.)

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Tallow, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Proinnsias Ó Laoghaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0639, Page 74

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    Cut. Get a pinch of salt and put it on the cut.
    Headache. Mix sulphur and lime together and snuff it up your nose.
    Chilblain. Rub half an onion to it.
    Swollen Glands. Cured by melted butter put on as a poultice.
    Whitlow. Get soap and sugar pounded well together and put it on to draw out the matter.
    Whooping Cough. Eat the food left over by a ferret.
    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
    Miceal Becer
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tallow, Co. Waterford
    Informant
    Mr M. Beecher
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male