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School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Fethard (roll number 8903)

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Fethard, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Sr M. Agatha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0557, Page 329

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    hot salt and tie it around the neck going to bed.
    Take three drops of euculyptus on a teaspoon of sugar, or take a spoon of honey
    Warts:
    Get a white turnip, cut a small hole in the top and scoop out all the inside, then fill with salt and place back the top on it again and let the salt draw all the juice out of the turnip rub the salt to the warts and it will cure them.
    Rub bread soda to the warts and it will cure them
    Rub milk out of the wart-weed to the warts
    Rheumatism:
    Get a quart of water and put an eggcup of paraffin oil in the water and rub the mixture to the affected part. Keep stirring the mixture all the time.
    Take a mustard bath and it will cure rheumatism.
    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
    Mr W. Meagher
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloneen, Co. Tipperary