School: Naomh Colm Cille, Craigtown (roll number 171)
- Location:
- Magheradrumman, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Brian E. Ó Gallchobhair
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- (continued from previous page)Long ago the people used to use black tea when they would have sore eyes. they used to bathe their eyes in the black tea every morning.
An old fashioned cure for a sprain was to hold the sprained joint under a water tap
An old fashioned cure for children who had hives was to get a green herb called green ivy and boil it and then mix the ivy water with milk and give it to the child to drink. Long ago people, when they would get a burn used to rub paraffin oil on the burn to keep it from blistering.
An old fashioned cure for the toothache was to get some salt petre and put it into your tooth.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Maggie Mc Elhinney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Glack, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- John Doherty
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Crocknageeha, Co. Donegal