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School: Longueville, Malla (roll number 11332)

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Longueville, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Caitlín Ní Dhonnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0364, Page 269

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    Cures (cont. from page 21)
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    20. A cure for a cut bleeding is to burn a bit of paper in the fire. Rub it to the cut and it will stop bleeding.
    21. A sure cure for a sore mouth is :- If seven boys of a family are born one after the other the seventh has a gift. Three blows of his breath nine mornings after one another and he fasting will cure it.
    22. Three ivy leaves boiled with three ivory buttons in a little water and the water rubbed to corns cures them.
    23. To cure a child from thrush a goose should be let breathe down the throat and the child would be cured.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Eileen O' Leary
    Gender
    Female