School: Béal Átha (Bella) (roll number 10334)
- Location:
- Bella, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Bean Uí Ghionnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0238, Page 018
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- (continued from previous page)17. Pain in the ear:- Put wool from a black sheep in lamb in the ear for nine days. Roast an onion in the fire, cut in halves and place half to the ear and tie a woollen cloth round the head.
18. Sore eyes:- Bathe the eyes with very strong cold tea night and morning.
19. Whooping Cough:- A cure for whooping cough is - the patient is to be put three times under the legs of a mare ass and three times over her back and be given three sips of her milk to drink.
20. Raw beef applied as poultice to a bruise which is inclined to blacken is supposed to prevent this.
21. Bathing with vinegar is also supposed to prevent blackening and discolouration.
22. Vinegar Punch:- Vinegar, hot water and sugar taken as hot as possible is a cure for a cold and cough.
23. Buttermilk heated and having sugar and a lump of butter mixed with it is also a cure for cold.
