School: Carraigín (B.), Portláirge (roll number 15340)
- Location:
- Corluddy, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Seán Ó Meachair
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- (continued from previous page)the best time to make this cure.
The nettles are boiled ad the water is strained off. Then the nettles can be used as a vegetable, and the water can be used as a drink for rheumatism and many people still use it.
A cure for warts is to cut a raw potato in halves and put salt on it and rub the salted part into the warts.
To rub breadsoda on a burn will relieve the pain.- Collector
- David Nunan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 11
- Address
- Ballinlough, Co. Kilkenny