School: Clochar na Trócaire, Ballyporeen (roll number 10437)
- Location:
- Ballyporeen, Co. Tipperary
- Teachers: An tSr Finnbarr An tSr Gabriel
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0573, Page 219
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- (continued from previous page)Cure for a Stye on the Eyelid
Put a teaspoonful of tea in a small bag, pour on it enough boiling water to moisten it, then put it on the eye pretty warm, keep it on all night, and in the morning, the stye, will most likely be gone, if not, a second application is sure to remove it.Cure for Chapped Hands
To cure chapped hands, take common starch, and rub it into a fine, smooth powder, put it into a clean tin box, and every time the hands are removed from the dish water or hot suds rinse them carefully in clean water, and while they are damp,rub a pinch of starch over them, covering the whole surface.Cure for Chapped Lips
Dissolve a lump of beeswax, in a small quantity of olive-oil over a candle, let it cool, and it will be ready for use. Rubbing it warm on the lips two or three times will effect a cure.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Nell O' Donoghue
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyporeen, Co. Tipperary
