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School: Killadangan (roll number 4854)

Location:
Killadangan, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire Bean Uí Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0138C, Page 02_025

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  1. Cures for a Cold

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    Here is a good cure for a cold. Get a handful of carrigeen moss which every home should have in its possession, and have a saucepan cleaned, place the carrigeen moss in the saucepan with a pint of water, do not have any more water or it will be too thin, and if possible use warm water. Put the saucepan over the fire and boil for half an hour or longer. Lift up the pan and strain the carrigeen moss through a very fine strainer so that no twigs of carrigeen are in the syrup, because they are useless now that all the juice is from them. Get a lemon and prick a hole in it with a fork, squeeze the juice from it into the saucepan containing the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. colds (~62)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nan Nolan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloonagh, Co. Mayo