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School: Beárna, Galbally (roll number 12655)

Location:
Barna, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
C. Ó Máirtín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0512, Page 468

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    Boils.
    Put a poultice of soap and sugar and break up the sugar into dust and melt the soap and sugar together and it will curse your boils.
    Boils
    Mix larols(?) and rason(?) together and put it to the boils and it will cure them.
    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
    Kitty Fitzgerald
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballynamuddagh, Co. Limerick