School: Cathair Loisgreáin (B)
- Location:
- Caherlustraun, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Pádhraic de Chlár
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- (continued from previous page)the water and this is the rhyme Sic Leigheasanna at beginning of the note book.There is a cure in the gall of a pig for a burn.An ointment can be made up of the elders. First the elder is skinned and the stuff that is between the skin and the timber is boiled in a burner and mixed with unsalted butter. Then it is let boil slowly on a few coals on the hob. After that it is poured out in a box and let cool off and it is able to cure any deep cut. This a cure for a sty to prink at with a goose berry thorn on a Monday or a Thursday.
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“People used stop bleeding on fingers by means of a cobweb . . .”
People used stop bleeding on fingers by means of a cobweb. Unsalted butter is supposed to be a cure for croup.- Collector
- P. de Clair
- Gender
- Male