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School: Kinsealy (C.)

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Kinsaley, Co. Dublin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0792, Page 237

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    the head.
    Pimples
    Boil ivy leaves, rub the juice on the pimples.
    Mix sulphur and sugar together take a spoonful of it every morning.
    Boils
    Make a poultice of turnips.
    Put hot water into a bottle empty it put the bottle on the boil.
    Make a poultice of soap and sugar.
    Place it on the boil.
    Stys
    Point a thorn of a goose berry bush at the sty.
    Rub a wedding ring on a sty.
    Bathe it in cold tea.
    Chilblains
    Put a potato, put salt on it rub the potato on the chilblain.
    Wash them in water in which potatoes were boiled in.
    Boil blackberry leaves. Wash them in the water.
    Rub parafin oil on them.
    Ring worm
    Burn a piece of brown paper on them back of a plate. Rub the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Feidhlimín Ní Cobhthaigh
    Gender
    Female
    Occupation
    Pupil
    Address
    Kinsaley, Co. Dublin
    Informant
    Caitlín Ní Chobhthaigh
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    36
    Address
    Kinsaley, Co. Dublin