School: Maio (roll number 13119)
- Location:
- Trohanny, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máire Ní Chreaig
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0706, Page 382
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- (continued from previous page)ribbon round your neck.to cure a sting of a nettle
Apply a dockleaf to it. It will cure the pain.To cure a cough
Drink whey. It will soften the cough.To cure ringworm
Rub a tobacco spit on it.To cure a sore ear
Put a bit of unsalted butter into it. Another cure is. Put a halfboiled popato in a stocking and tie it on your ear.To cure a burn
Put bread soda on it, and keep the air from it.To cure chilblains
Go to a house that you were never in before, and rub your feet on the hearth.To cure a boil
Mix fine sugar and soap and apply it to the boil.To cure a toothache
Get a dead man's tooth and rub it to your own tooth.(continues on next page)
