School: Newtown, Kilcock (roll number 1298)

On this page

1. Local Cures

   

   Share Share Post

   In by gone days people got their ailments cured by means of a quack doctor.
   In those times, if you had a toothache, you had to put a frog's foot in your mouth, and say In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, if you wanted it cured. To relieve a sore throat, roast salt was put in a stocking and tied around the neck, another cure was Gladam. A wedding-ring was used to cure ring-worm. Leeches were used to take out poison out of wounds, which other things could not cure. Blast herb or Camomile flowers cure the blast. Heartease is good for a week heart. Flaxseed is good for a cold. Marsh-Mallows cures a sprain. Dandelions are good for delicate people and was supposed to cure consumption. Planting leaves cure a running sore. Vinegar and Bran are also applied to a sprain. Bernard Byrne, being the seventh son, cures a toothache, and swelling on horses. The power of curing pierce lyric (written as pronounced, spelling not know) is applied to any man, with the name

   (continues on next page)

   

   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

   Kieran Gannon

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Newtown, Co. Kildare

   Informant

   Mrs B. Gannon

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   50

   Address

   Newtown, Co. Kildare