School: Listowel (B.) (roll number 1797)
- Location:
- Listowel, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Brian Mac Mathúna
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- (continued from previous page)71. Leave a dog lick a cut and twill heal.
72. Let a gander screech back your throat for craos-galar.
73. The fat of a porcupine melted and one drop put into the ear at Night is good for deafness.
74. Black currant leaves boiled in water is good for hoarseness when strained and bottled.
75. A pennyworth of bluestone mixed with boiled water is good for sore eyes.
76. Dandelion root is good for rheumatism.
77. Rub an ordinary tallow candle melted to a piece of brown paper putting the greased side next to the chest is good for a cold in the chest.
78. Let a gander hiss down the throat of a sick cow.
79. Stockholm tar in a dog's ear for madness.
80. Wet dog-leaf for nettle-sting.
81. Burn a gander's beak if he pegs you.
82. If a cow is sick people boil the goose and make jelly out of its bones and give to the cow.
83. 1/2 d in paper bag thrown away cures warts.
84. Put a small hole in a turnip and put salt into it and the salt will melt inside in the turnip and rub the fluid to corns to cure them.
85. If a cage-bird is losing feathers put a rusty nail in her drinker.
86. Paraffin oil cures chilblains.
87. Toothache on left side: chew tobacco and put it in left ear and twill take it away.
88. Wash warts with forge water for nine days.
89. Hiccoughs: Cures (a) Drink out of the wrong side out of a cup i. e. take cup in right hand and drink 3 sips out of far side of it done by jolting the cup up. (b) Hold breath and count 10. (c) Give the person a fright. (d) Think of something different to what's in your mind. (e) Press your index finger under your nostril. (f) Take 3 deep breaths in name of Father, Son and Holy Ghost. (f) Put paper bag before the mouth and breathe in same air.(continues on next page)
