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School: Ballinlough (roll number 9238)

Location:
Ballinlough Big, Co. Meath
Teacher:
P. Mac Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0704, Page 044

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    then the person has the heartache and he must bring home the eggs and eat them to be cured.
    A sty
    Get nine gooseberry thorns and point them at the sty for nine days.
    Sore Throat
    Fill a stocking with roasted salt and place it around the persons neck is one cure.
    To gargle salt and water in your throat.
    Mumps
    To go around the pig-sty three times with a tongs around your neck and saying words like "Mucna, Mucna, sin agat a leicne"
    Stings
    The sting of a nettle may be cured by rubbing dock leaves to it.
    The sting of a wasp can be cured by Mrs Gilsenan Lough Bawn by rubbing a dead chicken to it.
    Burns
    If you are burned by steam a good cure is to rub bread-soda to it.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Briody
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Cortown, Co. Meath