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School: Rochfortbridge (B.) (roll number 1122)

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Rochfortbridge, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Ml. Rowan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0730, Page 445

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    A burn.
    Get Carn-oil from a crane and rub it on it and it will heal.
    A burn.
    Rub the white of an egg on it.
    Whooping cough.
    If you get your God father to tie a red string around your neck the cough would go.
    A scald.
    Hanah Kelly, Rochfortbridge, makes ointment for it.
    A Boil.
    A keeper in the Mullingar Asylum will cure it.
    Andrew Keogh,
    Rahanine.
    I got the information from my father Andrew Keogh. age 52
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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