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School: Eanach Mór (C.) (roll number 12427)

Location:
Annaghmore, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Caitlín, Bean Uí Mhiadhaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0187, Page 246

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    Get the root of the comfry. Wash and clean it, and scrape out the centre. This when taken out is a cure for a cut.
    A dog's bite will get blood-poisoned if a piece of the guilty dog's hair is not placed on the wound.
    The juice of boiled ivy leaves, mixed with parrafin oil, is a cure for corns.
    A bar of washing soda steeped in parrafin oil and rubbed on corns, is good for softening them in order to get them out.
    Bluestone placed in a tooth is a cure for a toothache.
    Washing soda is also a cure for a toothache.
    A cut on the body will not get blood-poisoned, if it is (not) licked by a dog.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Kate Brien
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    62
    Address
    Kilfree, Co. Sligo