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School: Rosmead (roll number 7212)

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Cavestown and Rosmead, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
E. Lynch
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0726, Page 109

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    Some Cures are,
    1. For sore eyes rub cold tea on them,
    2. or boiled milk.
    3. Mix bread soda and water and bathe your eyes with it,
    4. or to wash youre eyes in cold water.
    5. If you had a sty on your eye you should get ten gooseberry thorns and point them to your eye each day and bless yourself with them and throw one of them away every morning till them all are gone
    6. To cure a sore throat roast a stocking of salt and tie it round your neck
    7. To gargle your throat with salt and water
    8. To cure a cold on your chest paint it with camphorated oil
    9. Fry brown paper in lard and put it 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
    Rosie Hogg
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    James Hogg
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    58
    Address
    Crowinstown Great, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Mrs Hogg
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Crowinstown Great, Co. Westmeath