School: St. Brigid's (B.) (roll number 12925)

Location:
Wexford, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
M. Gúld
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  1. The cure for curing warts is the juice of dandelions.
    The cure for curing ear-ache is castor oil heated.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. Cures
    A cure for a toothache is to put some mustard in the hole of a tooth.
    To draw a sting of a bee or a wasp the best thing to do is to chew a dock-leaf and put it on the sting with a bandage on it.
    To stop your nose from bleeding put a cold stone on your forehead.
    To cure a sprain put it under the tap and let water flow on it.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joseph Walsh
    Gender
    Male