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School: Killallon (roll number 5207)

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Boherard, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Stiophán Ó Scalaighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0715, Page 366

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    as a penny, boil and drink when it is cold enough.
    Rhumatism
    1. Carry a chestnut or a small potatoe in your pocket.
    2. Eat cellery.
    Fluke
    Groundsil boiled in new-milk
    Sore
    Plantain fried in lard and put on sore.
    Cough
    Crowfoot and brown sugar boiled and drank
    Sores on horses
    Bark of oak boiled and the sores bathed with it.
    Burn
    Rub manleaper to tongue.
    Runningworm
    There is a green herb form in Cloncerney Churhyard. If the roots of this herb are boiled and the substance drank the running worm is better in a few days.
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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