School: Kiffa
- Location:
- Kiffagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Helen Dinneen
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- (continued from previous page)No.68
Hold your fingers in your ears and get someone to give you a drink. - To Cure Pig with Sore Tails No.69
Rub the tail with cart grease.
To Cure Ringworm on Horses No.70
Make the solution: of lime, hot water, washing soda, sulpher and bluestone and bathe the affected parts. - Cure for Sore Throat No.71
Tie your own stocking round your throat going to bed.
Cure for Heart Burn No. 71
Take a tea spoonful of baking soda, and a little sup of milk or if preferred a sup of water and soda.
Cure for Quinsy or Tonsilitis No. 72
Roast salt and put it in a woman's stocking and tie it round the person's neck. - Cure for Hiccough No.73
Get a bottle of soda water and a pint of sweet milk and mix them together and drink it and the hiccough will get better.
Cure for Hiccough No. 74
Put a drop of water in a glass and lift it up in your teeth and drink it and the hiccough will get better.(continues on next page)