School: Druim Beag (roll number 9035)
- Location:
- Drumbeg, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Sinéad Bean de Faoite
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1105, Page 157
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- I A cure for a wart is to dip it in the pool the blacksmith cools his irons in
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Another cure for a wart is to cut a potato into nine parts, rub each part on the wart and then bury the potato
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A cure for a nose bleeding is to hold a key to the back of the neck.
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Another cure for a nose bleeding is to tie a thread round your smallest finger
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A cure for a burn is to put damp baking soda on it or to put a clean cobweb over it.
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A cure for fainting is to hold singed feathers under the nose.
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A cure for a stye is to prick it with a thorn off a goose berry bush.
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A cure for chilblains is to rub paraffin.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maud Alexander
- Gender
- Female
