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   For come use chalk formed into a paste with vinegar.

   For chilblains apply a poultice of roasted onion

   For bums and scalds if the skin is not broken apply cloths dipped in vinegar

   Certain people have cures. The following are a list of them. The seventh successive son, the woman who does not change her name when after his or her father’s death.
   Betty Mc. Cabe
   Realthogue
   Brownstone Navan

   

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2. Local Cures

   

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   A cure for rheumatism is to rub paraffin-oil over the place where the pains are. There are many cures for warts. Some people say that if you rub washingsoda to the wart wither away. Other people say to get a dandelion and squeeze it. A white substance comes out of it. This is put on the wart.

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   Topics

   1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. cleachtas an leighis
         1. leigheas dúchasach (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Kennedy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Baile an Dainigh, Co. na Mí