School: Páirc na nDriseóg (roll number 14294)
- Location:
- An Driseachán, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Conaire
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- 22 January 1938Old CuresSore-throatGet salt, warm it in the pan. Put it in flannel and tie it around the throat.Head-acheGet a cloth and put vinegar in it and it will cure it.MeaslesTake warm drinks and stay in the heat. Keep the room darkened because if it was bright it would make your eyes red and they would stay red.The C lehenThe C lehen is a bone gone in the chest that stops the breath. The cure for this is:- Make an oaten cake, heat it and leave it down on your chest. Light three candles, put a glass on top of the candles. It will quench the candles and the heat will draw out the bone.MumpsTake warm drinks and stay(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Margaret Mulry
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Daingean Uachtair, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Informant
- Delia Mulry
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 47
- Address
- An Daingean Uachtair, Co. na Gaillimhe