School: Gortlitreach (roll number 15960)
- Location:
- Gortletteragh, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seosamh Mac Cionnaith
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1. If you warm buttermilk and put sugar on it and drink it and it will cure a cold.2. If you put a spoonful of caster oil in newmilk and warm it is also a cure for a cold.3. If you have a pain in your ear. Put a spoonful of olive oil on a wadding and put it into it it will cure it. 4. If you put a bit of bacon to your foot it will cure a thorn.5. It is also cured by puting oat porrige to it to or loaf bread and hot water.6. If you have a sore eye you could(continues on next page)- Collector
- Una Flynn
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 11
- Address
- Drumgrania, Co. Leitrim