School: Kilnagross (roll number 12317)
- Location:
- Kilnagross, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: John Hunt
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- (continued from previous page)strained muscle it will cure it.
If butter is rubbed to a sore throat it is a cure for it.
If a sprain is washed by bog water it will cure it.
Another cure for the whooping cough is to go out three times under a foals legs.
A cure for a cold is to boil garlic and drink the juice of it.
If a person had a pain in his head and if he put a bit of unsalted butter on the top of his head it would stop the pain.
Another one is to wet a cloth in hot water and tie it around the head it would stop the pain.
There is a cure for the measles if the person drinks whiskey the spots will come out on him.
If a person had a sore mouth and if he washed it in salt and water it would get better.
Another cure was to eat bread and milk boiled with ginger on it
There was a cure for a sore throat that is that person rubbed caster oil or iodine on it it would get better.(continues on next page)- Collector
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