School: Brownhill (roll number 11427)
- Location:
- Tirnaskea North, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: E. Ní Ghamail
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- Local CuresSnail
If one rubs a snail on a wart and then puts the used snail on a gooseberry bush, the wart will disappear.Nettles
Nettles boiled in water, known as "nettle broth" are taken as a tonic in spring time.Tea
Cold tea a cur for sore eyes.Bacon
If one complaining of warts steals a piece of bacon, rubs it to the warts, and then buries it, the warts will gradually go away.Thrush
A child born after it's father's death, has the cure for "Thrush". The one having the cure breathes on the baby and then prays, and gradually the infant gets relief.Goose-Seam
Goose-Seam rubbed to a sprain gives relief.Dandelion
The white milky substance(continues on next page)- Collector
- E. A. Tamble
- Informant
- Mr A. Wilkinson
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 87
- Address
- Corragh (Maxwell), Co. Monaghan