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School: Tulach an Iarainn (roll number 1289)

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Tallow, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Eibhlín Ní Dhubhshláinge
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0638, Page 262

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    Old Cures
    My great Grandfather - Mr. J.J. Beecher always had a jotter in his house, into which he wrote cures. This is the Alphabet they sometimes had for diseases.
    A is for apples good for a cold
    B is for barley, it cures many ills
    C is for cabbage, it's good for the skin
    D is for dandelion wine, if you drink it you'll never be thin
    E is for elder, it makes face cream
    Figs cure toothache, if in hot milk, they steam.
    G is for ginger, it's good for the gout.
    H is for honey, it makes you grow stout
    Ivy in vinegar, it makes a corn cure
    Jelly from Carrageen is nourishing and pure
    K is a letter, from which I will leave
    L is for lettuce, eat this, and you'll sleep
    M is for mint, which is good for headache
    N is for nuts, they a wholesome dish make
    Oats make fine porridge so highly nutritious
    P is for parsnips when cooked they're delicious
    Q is for quince, which cures gumboils quite soon
    Raspberries keep you from gout, pains immune
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patricia Beecher
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tallow, Co. Waterford
    Informant
    Mr J Beecher
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Tallow, Co. Waterford