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School: Dunleer (B.) (roll number 1306)

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Dunleer, Co. Louth
Teacher:
M. Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0673, Page 156

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    and they will get better.
    A cure for a sprained ankle is to pour water on it until it gets numb. This has to be done nine times a day for nine days.
    A cure for a gumboil is to rub the water left from the cabbage on it.
    A cure for a bleeding nose is to put a cold stone on the forehead of the person.
    A cure for piles is to get the "pile" root (grown on tree [?]) and boil it and then to drink the juice of it.
    Another cure for a gumboil is to get salt and rub it to
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kevin Mc Ardle
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dunleer, Co. Louth
    Informant
    Miss M. Lawless
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Hammondstown, Co. Louth