School: Ballysadare (B.) (roll number 7410)
- Location:
- Ballysadare, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Seán Mac Sitric
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- (continued from previous page)it be a spoon of milk or water or anything else it is supposed to cure the cough.
A three quart tin of leaves off an ash three tree when in bloom. Boil the leaves in a quart of water. Let the leaves boil until the water is boiled away to a pint. When boiled drain the water into a bottle with a glass of whiskey and take a half glass of it every morning and it is a cure for either rheumatic or rheumatism.
A rodger leaf put to a cut, burn or boil with a piece of cloth is supposed to cure it
Roasted cauliflower is a cure for gum boil. It must be roasted slightly put on a piece of cloth and put up to the jaw.
The cure for the toothache is to lick a frog three times saying the words said when blessing yourself.
A slice of fat bacon put on a corn for(continues on next page)
- Informant
- D. Mc Gloin
- Address
- Ballysadare, Co. Sligo
