School: Monksland (C.) (roll number 2792)

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1. Local Cures

   

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   Local cures.

   Here is the cure for a head-ache. YUou put vinegar on a piece of brown paper and place it on the forehead.

   Here is the cure for a cold. You put a few tea spoonfuls of black-currant and a cup of boiling water and the juice of a lemon.

   Here is the cure for a bealing finger. You put a piece of fat bacon on the finger going to bed at night and it eases the pain.

   Here is the cure for the toothache. You bleed the gum with a rusty nail and then you hammer the nail into the trunk of a tree.

   Here is the cure for a scal. You get some lime and the white of a egg and a little sweet oil and mix all together, or some people use carron oil.

   Here is the cure for a cold on the chest. You heat some olive oil and put a little mustard through it and paint the chest with it.

   Here is the cure for ear-ache. You put hot olive oil on a piece of

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Imelda Donnelly

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   11

   Address

   Crossaleeny, Co. Louth

   Informant

   Donnelly

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Crossaleeny, Co. Louth