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School: Kilnagross (roll number 12317)

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Kilnagross, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
John Hunt
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0208, Page 441

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    the burn of a very hot water the person got the burn would hold the burned part to the fire so that a blister would not rise on the burn.
    There is another cure for a burn. The cure is petal leaves and butter boiled and the juice put on the burn.
    A cure for a sore mouth is to put ginger or pepper on the sore.
    A cure for a cut is to put turpentine in it.
    A cure for a pain in the ear was to warm olive oil and to put it on a lump of wadding and put it in the ear. If a man with an unsound mind hanged himself the piece of rope that he hanged himself with would cure the ill.
    A cure for a cough is to rub camphorated oil on the chest and it would soften the cough.
    A cure for a stye on the eye is to point three red irons to it for nine mornings and it would be cured the tenth morning.
    A cure for pimples on the skin is to
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Mc Manus
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corderry (Peyton), Co. Leitrim
    Collector
    Annie Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Annaghkeenty, Co. Leitrim
    Collector
    Annie Tighe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corderry (Peyton), Co. Leitrim
    Collector
    Kathleen Casey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corderry, Co. Leitrim
    Collector
    Mary Gaffney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lisdromarea North, Co. Leitrim
    Collector
    Monica O Hara
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Millpark, Co. Leitrim
    Collector
    Rose A. Banaghan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumgowla, Co. Leitrim