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School: An Pasáiste Thoir (B.), Port Láirge

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Passage East, Co. Waterford
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Proinnsias Ó Heachthigheirn
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    A cure for unbroken chilblains:-
    Rub frequently with a raw onion.
    Cure for a corn:-
    Rub with rasher fat.
    A cure for chapped lips:-
    The skin of an egg.
    Pepper and salt is an old cure for a tooth-ache.
    An old cure for an abscess or a boil:-
    Mashed turnips made into a poultice.
    An old cure for delicate children:-
    Barnacles boiled, or barnacle water.
    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
    James Pepper
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Passage East, Co. Waterford