School: Loughteague, Stradbally (roll number 6129)
- Location:
- Loughteeog, Co. Laois
- Teachers: Brigid Keane Brighid Ní Chatháin
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- (continued from previous page)Mumps or Swollen GlandsHeat "flagger" leaves (long broad leaves of purple iris grown in old gardens)Apply to neck and keep on till heat abates.RenewThe LITTEN ? - inflammation of the Palate - Get a person who "never saw his father" to breathe into the child's mouth.Cough 1) Take a "thraneen" of rib grass plantain - the long leaf found in meadows - the "thraneen" carries the seeds.
Remove as much of seeds as fit between finger and thumb i.e. hold a bunch of the seeded stalks between finger and thumb, rub off the seeds, put down in milk and simmer gently for a couple of hours. Strain and drink.
Take same amount daily till cough is cured.2) Use dock-seeds and prepare with milk, using similarly.3) Flax-seed tea to which sugar candy and liquorice ball are added.4) Mullein plant is very effective for cold.5) Roast a big onion, put in tea-cup, cover with sugar, stand awhile, then sip the liquid slowly - A good cure even for flu.6) Hot cooked turnip used as 4(continues on next page)
