School: Carn an Ríogh (roll number 11619)
- Location:
- Carrownree, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Éamonn Mac Énrí
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0184, Page 0593
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- (continued from previous page)a cure for a sore throat was to heat salt in a stocking or a piece of cloth and put it on the throat and keep it there for a few hours.
A cure for a "sty" in one's eye was to pick ten thorns from a gooseberry bush and point nine of them to the eye and throw away the tenth one.
A cure for a fowl mouth was to rub a frog across the mouth three times.
The cure for a sprained foot or ar was to tie a flax thread around the sprain and leave it on for a few days. Another cure was to put the foot or arm that was sprained in running water, such as a stream.
Only a few people had the cure for mumps. The person who had the cure for mumps made a medicine and the patient had to wash his or her mouth with it.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Éilís Nic Siacus
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrownree, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Francis Mc Cann
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrownree, Co. Sligo
