School: Clinstown (roll number 4193)
- Location:
- Clintstown, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: S. Ó Dúnlaing
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- (continued from previous page)boiled in water, and the water stained off afterwards.Varicose Veins
There was only one cure which I know of, for varicose veins. This was to rub the veins with the fingers, until the skin was very, very hot.Goitre
If a person's neck was swollen with goitre, a tight band was tied firmly around the neck, and left there until the swelling disappeared.Sick Stomach
A good cure for a pain in the stomach was to take a drink of hot milk, with a grain of pepper added. Another way to cure the pain, was to lay a hot plate on the stomach. - 3.
Sore Eyes
For sore eyes potato water rubbed to the eyes as hot as one could bear was supposed to cure them.Bald Head
The only cure for a bald head was boiled leather mixed with grease.Burns
A piece of cloth with grease rubbed on it was a cure for burns.Chilblains
To walk out in the dew or the snow in one's bare(continues on next page)- Collector
- Peggy Carrigan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Clintstown, Co. Kilkenny