School: Baile Nua (Villierstown), Ceapach Chuinn (roll number 7737)
- Location:
- Newtown, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Seosamh Ó Conaire
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- All old people have great faith in cures from herbs. The cure for a toothache is to get a frog and rub it to the aching tooth. Butter made on the first of May is a cure for sores. Nettles when boiled are said to be a cure for nettle-rash.
Boiled rushes mixed with ashes is a cure for ringworm. Ivy leaves when boiled are a cure for chilblains. The juice of a dandelion is a cure for warts.
A dock leaf is a cure for a nettle sting. The flower of a yellow iris is a cure for wounds and toothache.- Collector
- Evelyn O Gorman
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Villierstown, Co. Waterford