School: Kilbeggan (Mercy Convent) (roll number 14491)

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   malignant trouble eventually.

   Mrs. Caffrey remembers hearing the following rhyme a great many years ago from an old lady now departed to her Eternal Home.

   Bread soda cure a burn,
   Sugar and soap relieve a boil.
   When you've got a wheezy chest,
   Get brown paper and castor oil.
   A sty is very painful upon either eye,
   But point a gooseberry thorn,
   And Mister Sty will fly.
   Hot water for a gumboil,
   Mixed with Alum try,
   You'll surely rout that nasty boil,
   And need no more to cry.
   You've got a windy stomach,
   Sure way to get relief,
   Is burn a sup of the cratur,
   And dose the windy thief.
   To improve the sight,
   we do advise you try,
   Pierce the ears right through,
   Then get two goldenear rings,
   And wear them you must do,
   Your throat is sore,

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Maureen Hurley

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath