School: Clareen, Birr
- Location:
- An Cláirín, Co. Uíbh Fhailí
- Teacher: S. Ó Néill
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- (continued from previous page)For Measles: Put the child on an asses back and make him leap a fence three times.
Warts: (1) Rub with juice from the stem of a dandelion. Wash with water that has been standing in a stone. Tie a stone for each wart in a bag and throw it away.
Yellow Jaundice: Steep red worms in whiskey over night. Beat up with a fork through the whiskey. Boil it, then strain off the liquid and give a spoonful every morning to the patient.
Ringworm: (1) Make the sign of the cross on the ringworm three times with a rusting nail. (2) Write your name in ink around it.
(3) Get tobacco ashes from a clay pipe and shake it over the ringworm.
(4) Make the sign of the cross on the ringworm with a gold wedding ring.
(5) Write your name with ink around the ring worm. Rub with marriage ring.
Measles Tie sheeps droppings in a muslin bag. boil them in milk and give a drink to the patient
Sty: (1) Rub with a wedding ring.
(2) Wash every day in skim milk. Prick with a goose berry thorn.
Corns: Steep in hot water, and rub hard with washing soda.
Consumption: Swallow a live frog.
