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   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.

   

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2. Local Cures

   

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   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

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Peggy Carrigan

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   13

   Address

   Clintstown, Co. Kilkenny