School: Barkhall (roll number 8343)
- Location:
- Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: J. L. Browne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1083, Page 347
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- A good cure for the Whooping Cough is to creep under a donkey three times.
The best cure for the toothache is to put a wee taste of baking soda round the tooth.
The best cure for a horse that has the colic is to give it black tea.
The best cure for warts is to dip them in Holy Water.
Another good cure for warts is to cut a raw potato in two and rub it on the warts.
If a cow or calf had ringworm the man who owned the cow or calf would rub tar on the spot where the ringworm was and the tar would cure the beast.
A good cure for a sore throat is to gargle with salt water.
- Collector
- John Russell
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Mr H.E. Russell
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
