School: Wilkinstown (roll number 1917)
- Location:
- Baile Uilcín, Co. na Mí
- Teacher: Máire Ní Failcheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0711, Page 001
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- A leaf called Pilewort should be got and pounded well and boiled with unsalted butter and strained. The juice should then be put in an air-tight bottle and applied when needed to the piles or pimples. A tight bandage should be put on the sores. This is supposed to be a sure remedy.
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“The skin of a raw potato was known as a cure for a burn.”
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- Patrick Lynn
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- Male
- Age
- 39
- Address
- Baile Uilcín, Co. na Mí
