School: Clinstown (roll number 4193)
- Location:
- Clintstown, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: S. Ó Dúnlaing
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- (continued from previous page)was numbed.Sprains
If a person had a sprain in the wrist, to rub goose greece constantly into it, was a good cure.Sunburn
Many people wer obliged to work in the sun and often got sunburnt. Well, these always found that a good wash in butter-milk, alawys took the scald away.Whitloes & Boils
A poultice of hot linseed meal was applied when a person had a whitloe. The same thing was used for boils.Rash
Cream was applied when a person had a rash. It was rubbed well into the sores.Goitre
When a person had a touch of goitre, he rubbed lemonade into that part, constantly, and it soon disappeared.Rheumatism
To eat boiled rhubarb, was a cure for rheumatism. - 2.
Tooth-ache
In former times, and in fact at the present day, people seek the following remedies, from the articles mentioned. For example, to ease the pain of a toothache, candle-grease, bread-soda, or salt, was pressed down firmly in the hole of(continues on next page)- Collector
- Maire Horgan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Littlefield, Co. Kilkenny