School: Cromadh (B.) (roll number 9306)
- Location:
- Croom, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Dáithí Ó Ceanntabhail
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“If ever you have the misfortune to suffer from boils, a certain way to rid yourself, and quickly too, ....”
(continued from previous page)of mornings, three or nine, according to the exigencies of the case. You can get this juice by collecting the "berries" of the robin-run-the-hedge and placing them between muslin - in a muslin bag- until you have a goodly quantity (sufficient) which when squeezed out with a weight, will yield a wine glass full (or as much more as you want in proportion to the berries crushed) of juice. This juice you will take in diluted form 50-50 and I can guarantee from experience that if you have boils in you, it will bring them out, and more, as quickly as they appear they wither and shrivel up and within a short space of time you are not only finished with the boils, but your blood is pure and healthy, and if you are any good at all, you are a better man physically
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- Mr P-
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrick, Co. Tipperary