School: Mohill (B.) (roll number 12415)
- Location:
- Mohill, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Francis Flynn
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- (continued from previous page)for the tape-worm.
Herbs that grow on Corrick rock are a cure for bad stomachs.
Frogspawn is a cure for toothache.
Rapsberry leaves cure indigestion.
Tansey is a plant with a yellow flower, the leaves boiled and eaten will cure worms in children.
Bilberry leaves boiled will cure dropsy.
Ivy leaves toasted brown on a pan, with sheep's suet mixed up into a poultice, will cure a burn.
If you have a sore throat put a stocking round it and you will be well.
If you bend under an asse's legs it is a cure for the whooping-cough.
If you rub gun-powder on ring-worm(continues on next page)