School: Clinstown (roll number 4193)

Location:
Baile an Chluinnigh, Co. Chill Chainnigh
Teacher:
S. Ó Dúnlaing
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    Sore Eyes
    For sore eyes potato water rubbed to the eyes as hot as one could bear was supposed to cure them.
    Bald Head
    The only cure for a bald head was boiled leather mixed with grease.
    Burns
    A piece of cloth with grease rubbed on it was a cure for burns.
    Chilblains
    To walk out in the dew or the snow in one's bare
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