School: Clochar na Trócaire (roll number 13381)

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1. Cures (continued)

   

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   Sore throat:-
   Mix a spoonful of vinegar and a spoonful of honey and take it in sips.
   A sore head:-
   Apply ivy leaves and sew them together if not big enough to cover affected parts.
   Hiccough:-
   Hold the breath as long as possible.
   A bruise like a black-eye:-
   Apply a paste made with oaten meal wet with vinegar and spread thickly over bruise. In the morning the discolouring will be gone.
   Measles:-
   Boil sheep's milk and plunge a red hot iron into it; give milk to patient.
   Bleeding from nose:-

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Caitlín Ní Chuinnealáin

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Bean Nic Ghearailt

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Lios an Phúca, Co. Kerry