School: Adare Convent (roll number 9296)
- Location:
- Adare, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: An tSr. Mechtildes
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- (continued from previous page)Bleeding.
Chicken pox.
Nettles boiled with sugar and a spoon of rum mixed.Cure for abscess.
Ivy leaves steeped in salt overnight.Cramps. Goose's blood.Cure for Pneumonia.
Rhubarb leaves boiled in glycerine and then strained.Pauline McCarthy.
From her great grand-aunt Kate Houlihan, Adare (93 yrs) - Proverbs.As the fool thinks the bell clinks.All is not gold that glitters.(continues on next page)