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School: Dunamaggin, Thomastown (roll number 6890)

Location:
Dunnamaggan, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Pól Mac Lochlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0853, Page 050

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  1. Local Cures - Cure for Burn (continued)

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    (continued from previous page)
    snail is a good cure for warts.
    Dandelions, taken as a salad, are said to be good for the blood.
    A cure for drawing boils is made of soap, wax, sugar and a llittle milk, boiled down in an earthenware vessel.
    Another cure for warts is:- If a blue-stone flag is found with a hole in it and left out in the rain or dew, the warts will wither after being washed in it several times
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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)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. burns (~116)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Egan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Baurscoob, Co. Kilkenny