School: Ballinamore (B.) (roll number 2820)
- Location:
- Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seán Heslin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0224, Page 180
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- A cure for chillblains.
Get an onion, cut it in halve, sprinkle common salt on it, and rub well into affected parts. A cure for a broken chillblain.
Get a turnip, put it in oven and roast it till it is soft. Then cut a piece out of it, place it on the chillblain and leave it there until cold. Put on vaseline and bandage it. A cure for warts.
Apply the juice of dandelion to the warts several times a day till the wart disappears. A cure for a cold
Boiled buttermilk with sugar and butter will cure a cold. A cure for the blood
Nettles cooked like cabbage are good for the blood. To get a sound sleep.
Onions eaten uncooked before going ot bed ensure sound sleep. A cure for a cut
Comfrey leaf applied to a cut will heal it. A cure for tender feet.
Get washing soda and a basin of hot water. Put the washing soda into the hot water. Then put your feet into the basin of water. Continue this twice a day for a few days and they will get hard.
- Collector
- Tommie Darcy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
