School: Mohill (B.) (roll number 12415)
- Location:
- Mohill, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Francis Flynn
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- (continued from previous page)To drink water of lime which should be steeped over night is a cure for a cold. A person having warts should rub them with a black snail, making the sign of the cross at the same time. Then hang the snail on a thorn and as he withers, the warts disappear. No person must be told or there will be no cure.A grass mouse boiled in milk and then eaten is a cure for bad kidneys.Mrs McGuire Drumhanny Mohill cures cancer by means of a plaster.The wine of boiled dandelion or nettles cures all skin diseases and serves as a blood purifier; a poultice of raw grated potato cures a burn or scald; butter milk whey serves as a remedy for ordinary colds.While linseed or flaxseed poultices were applied for pneumonia.Application of washing soda sampled in water removes warts.(continues on next page)
