School: Gort na mBó (roll number 14418)
- Location:
- Bofield, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Laoghaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0128, Page 82
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- (continued from previous page)If a person had a stone-bruise the juice of a snail would cure it. If a person had a thorn that was very sore he would rub the tongue of a fox to it. An eel's skin used to be tied around a person's hand that was swelled. The "lights" of a sheep was good for taking away the black colour from a sore eye. If the shoe would rise a blister red soap would take it away. People would get asses' milk for anyone that would have chin-cough. The milk that a ferret would leave after him would be good for chin-cough.Plasters – A plaster of mustard was good for sore backs. A plaster of linseed for biles. A plaster of white bread and bran was(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Flannelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bofield, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs Bridget Flannelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bofield, Co. Mayo
