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School: Brownhill (roll number 11427)

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Tirnaskea North, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
E. Ní Ghamail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0955, Page 003

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    Houselick
    Houselick pounded with a stone and mixed with white of an egg, is a cure for sore eyes.
    Thistle
    Jerusalem Thistle, boiled in water, is a cure for kidney trouble.
    Chamberly
    Chamberly boiled with one pound of blue-stone and salt cure for "itch" in horses.
    Foot and Mouth disease
    Old buttermilk boiled with oaten meal, to which three lls [?] of blue stone is added, and then made into a poultice, when applied in the first stage of the disease, is a cure for "foot and mouth disease" or any foot trouble in sheep and cows.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    E. A. Tamble
    Informant
    Mr A. Wilkinson
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    87
    Address
    Corragh (Maxwell), Co. Monaghan