School: Loughglinn (C.)
- Location:
- Loughglinn, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Méadhbha, Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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- (continued from previous page)and then eaten cured diabetes. A roast onion is a cure for a pain in the ear. Sprains were cured by applying to them a poultice of finely grated comfrey roots mixed with the white of egg.
An old cure for a toothache was to chew tobacco. The pain was also relieved by putting melted candle grease into the hole of the tooth.
Olive oil rubbed on a burn took away pain. Another cure was to hold he burned part to the fire immediately after it got burned. It would not pain any more. A pig's gall applied to a burn took away pain. A good cure(continues on next page)- Collector
- Noreen Crawley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Loughglinn, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Maggie Lafferty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Aghalour, Co. Roscommon