School: Cloonlyon G. (roll number 12937)
- Location:
- Cloonlyon, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Annie Burke
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0116, Page 177
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- Blast[?] in eye: Look into a bowl of water until the tears come in your eye
Hiccup: Tickle the palm of your hand
Bleeding: Put your hand into a baisin of cold water and the blood will stop.
Step[?] in Foot: Spit on your finger and rub it of your Foot
Measles: The juice of dandelion cured measles
Burning[?] Ear: Heat a little salt and put it on your ear
Cramps[?]: Put your finger between your two small toes and smell them
Colic: Redden the tong's and stir into milk
Glackeye[?]: Bath in hot water and apply raw liver
Wasp Sting: Put a grain of blue on it one poison kills the other.
Consumption: Rolling a person in mud it is said to be cured.
Sore Mouth: If a child never saw their father, & if they breathe into your mouth they cure sore mouth.
Sty in eye: Get 10 gooseberry thorns. Paint nine & throw away the tenth. Do this every Monday & Thursday.
