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School: Uragh (B.)

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Uragh, Co. Cavan
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S. Ó Connachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0968, Page 226

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    buttercup and snuff this up your nose.
    For a pain in the stomach.
    The old people have a great belief in peppermint tea. First of all they cut the peppermint leave it to dry for some time then they make tea from it and drink it.
    A cup of warm water sipped with a spoon is supposed to give instant relief.
    For sore eyes.
    Bathe your eyes in tea leaves o tea.
    Heat Fever
    To cure heat fever fill a cup with oaten meal and apply it to the chest.
    To cure the white swelling
    Apply fresh butter to the affected part three times before sunset.
    To cure jaundice.
    Get water from a Holy well and rub it to the patient.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Beacom
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    60
    Address
    Swanlinbar, Co. Cavan