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School: Scoil na mBráthar (roll number 16739)

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Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford
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An Br. M.N. Mac Oireachtaigh
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    243
    (4) An egg if broken on a scald when it occurs first, keeps it from blistering.
    Written by : Peter Redmond
    Received from : (Ja) Mrs. Redmond
    Address : Boromount
    Occupation : House-keeper.
    Age : 40 years
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. burns (~116)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peter Redmond
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs Redmond
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    40
    Occupation
    Domestic worker
    Address
    Borrmount, Co. Wexford

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    (5) It is said that bread and butter from a woman who's name was never changed when she got married is a cure for the whooping-cough.
    A cure for the jaundice is to get the bark of the barbarey tree, then boil it on milk and drink the milk.
    Written by : Peadar O Murchu
    Received from : Kate Murphy
    Address : 1. O'Neill's Terrace
    Age : 45 years
    Occupation : House maid
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit

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    (6) A cure for a chilblain is to get a potato and wash it and then cut it and place it on a saucer, then put salt on it and rub the juice of the potato on the chilblain and it will go away.
    Written by: Patrick Murphy
    Received from : Mrs. Murphy
    Address : Weafer Street
    Age : 50 years
    Occupation : House-keeper
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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