School: Dillonsbridge (roll number 8501)
- Location:
- Philpotstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: A.B. Ní Chumhaill
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- (continued from previous page)Cure for eczema: boil the muillein plant and leave it to dry and then smoke it
Cure for bleeding nose: Put a key to your back - 1. Cure for Freckles: wash your face with buttermilk
2. Cure for a wound: let a dog lick it.
3. Cure for the whooping cough: creep under an animals legs
4. Cure for
5. Cure for boils: put sugar and soap blended together and goats milk on them
6. A burn for a swelling: Bran and vinegar poultice
7. A cure for a cut: put a
8. A cure for sprains: Boil Marsh Mallows strain them and put them to the(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mary Farrelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lismullin, Co. Meath
- Informant
- John Farrelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lismullin, Co. Meath