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School: An Mhainistir, Móin Rátha (roll number 14243)

Location:
Mountrath, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Br Columban Ó Cróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0833, Page 293

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    Cure for Consumption (T.B.)
    Smoking tobacco, and arsnic.
    Cure for Epilepsy: Put a black silk handkerchief in the persons face when in a fit.
    Cure for a Cough: Take half a lb. of fresh unsalted butter, half a lb. of white sugar and one pint of good whiskey and boil them together. Take a tea-spoon or two of this mixture when the cough is troublesome.
    Cure for Cholera: A table spoon full of salt and a tea spoon full of red pepper.
    Cure for Stammering: Read aloud with the teeth closed for two hours a day for two or three months.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Br Seumus Kelly
    Gender
    Male