School: Garbh Fhearáin (Garrafrauns) (roll number 13155)
- Location:
- Garrafrauns, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Seán Ó Fionnagáin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0030, Page 515
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- It is said that the house
leek is a cure for sore eyes.
A pinch of soda is good for a
heartburn. Another good cure of it is
to place the tongs (in) red hot milk
and drink that milk.
The soup of a hedge-
hog is good for the chin cough.
The old people consider that nettles
and the foam of milk is good cure
for a burn.
A scorch of a nettle is cured
by rubbing a dock-leaf of the part
effected.
If a sprained ankle is washed
where three waters meet it is supposed to
cure it.
Donkey’s milk boiled is a good
cure for yellow jaundice.
If a person
walks on the “fóidín mearbhaill” he should
turn his coat inside out so as to get
home.
Roasted potatoes placed in a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Seán Ó Chuinn
- Gender
- Male
