School: Paulstown (B.) (roll number 8244)
- Location:
- Paulstown, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Máirtín Ó Conaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0862, Page 153
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- (continued from previous page)(16) Sore throat - Marsh-mallow, or black-currants stewed in water.(17) A Cold - a dose of salts.(18) A Burn - Linseed Oil and lime-water.Note:
In this district the Protestants are in possession of all the prescriptions for cures. It is said that in the time of Cromwell when the monastries and churches were destroyed that those cures were taken from the monks and given to the English planters. When a person suffers from the Yellow Jaundice or Cancer or any other disease they often visit those Protestants. Some of the names of those families of Protestant denomination who possess cures and(continues on next page)
