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School: Monksland (C.) (roll number 2792)

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Monksland, Co. Louth
Teacher:
M. Nic Oireachtaigh
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    Local cures.
    A cure for an ear-ache is to get an onion and cut it get the heart of it and put it in your ear. I did this and it cured the ache.
    A cure for a cold is to get two get two tea-spoonfulls of blackcurrant jam mixed with hot water and sugar and drink it before going to bed.
    A cure for a sore throat is to get a rusty nail and boil it in water, when it is boiled drink the juice, this is said to have cured many people. A cure for the measles is to mix sulphur and magnesia and take it.
    A cure for toothache is to get a piece of cotton wool soaked in iodine and put it into your tooth.
    A cure for whooping cough is to roll the person in
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joan Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    10
    Address
    Petestown, Co. Louth