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School: Swanzy Memorial N. S. (roll number 10428)

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Moville, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Eilis F. Ní Stiobháird
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1120, Page 67

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    to sip a half a cup full of warm water and a little soda in it before breakfast.
    A cure for a boil is to poltice it with white bread or linseed meal.
    A cure for a sore eye is to bathe it with black tea and wear green goggles.
    A cure for a pain in the ear is to heat a little olive oil and put it into the ear with a piece of wadden.
    A cure for a sting of a bee is to rub with a blue bag.
    A cure for the hiccup is to take a taste of sugar or to get a fright.
    David McFeeters,
    Greencastle Co. Donegal
    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
    David Mc Feeters
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Greencastle, Co. Donegal