School: Naomh Eoin, Cill Choinnigh (roll number 1301)
- Location:
- Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Bráthair Tomás Mac Binéid
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- (continued from previous page)get a cut put them on the cut and they will cure it.
Drink the water in which flaxseed is boiled and it will cure a cough.
A mustard poultice will cure a backache.
An ivy leaf will cure a corn. - The following cures were got by Brendan Clooney from his father William Clooney of Maudlin Street Kilkenny.
Cough. Drink the milk after boiling nettles in it.
Measles. Sheep droppings rubbed on the chest.
Warts. A fasting spit rubbed to them.
Rheumatism. Turpentine put to it.
Chilblains. Wash your feet in forge water.
Headache. A cold stone put to the forehead. - The following cures were got by Martin Bates from his mother Mrs. Mary Bates of Military Barracks, Kilkenny.
Chick-weed is a good cure for for the whooping cough.
The milk of dandelions is good for biles.
To bleed your nose is very good for a headache.
Paraffin oil cures chilblains.
To get a dog to lick a wart cures it.
Yellow meal is very good for yellow jaundice boiled in water.- Collector
- Martin Bates
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mrs Mary Bates
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny