School: Kilgobnet (C.) (roll number 7842)
- Location:
- Cill Ghobnait, Co. Chiarraí
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Fhoghladha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0471, Page 276
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- Make a certain knot three times over the calf.
- Cumfry and Limber-wood was a great cure for sore eyes. But comfry was deadly poison to all domestic animals. It had to be grown and cultivated in gardens
- Sugrues Plaster was a great cure for any mattery sore. It was made by my grandfather and he learned it from Michael Sugrue of Gleanagalough. The first one it cured was my great grandmotherIngredients
a piece of Mutton suet
a quart of Linseed oil
a square of fancy Carbolic soap
1/2 comb of honey
A piece of elm bark.(continues on next page)
