School: Mountmellick (B.) (roll number 16070)
- Location:
- Mountmellick, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Dll. Binéad
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0823, Page 478
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- XML “<span class="exact">Cures</span> - <span class="exact">Old</span> <span class="token">Cure</span> for Raising Breastbone”
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- (continued from previous page)worm, and it is said to get better.
- A penny is placed on the person's breast bone, and a candle is lighted, and placed on the penny, Then a glass is left over the candle, which goes out after a time, and this proves that the breast bone is down.The suction of the glass raises the bone, when this is done two or three times.
- The stem of a plant called "Sun Spurge" is broken.When this is a milky liquid appears on the end of each piece, This is rubbed on the warts, until they disappear.
