School: St Brigid's, Castleknock

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   It with the cream of the milk and use it as a ointment on affected parts.

   For a cough:
   Boil down a cupful of flaxseed and a whole lemon sliced and two table spoonfuls of brown sugar boiled for twenty minutes then strain it and take a tablespoonful every four hours.

   For a pain in the back:
   Get enough red flannel to go around the waist, put in pockets, fill them with mustard and sew them up and keep it around the waist with a safety pin.

   For a cold:
   Slice a white turnip raw and put it on a plate and put a tablespoonful of white sugar over it. Cover it up with another plate and leave it there until the juice comes from it and drink a tablespoonful of it every three hours.

   Riddles:
   Black and white and red all over?
   A newspaper

   

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. cleachtas an leighis
         1. leigheas dúchasach (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Rosaleen Hughes

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   10

   Address

   Cnoc Mhaolruain, Co. Bhaile Átha Cliath

   Informant

   Mrs Hughes

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Cnoc Mhaolruain, Co. Bhaile Átha Cliath