School: Drom Dhá Liag (B.) (roll number 12229)
- Location:
- Drimoleague, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Domhnall Ó Ciardha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0301, Page 136
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- (continued from previous page)To prevent ringworm from spreading it is said that it is a good cure to write your name round the affected place. Bluestone would also kill this disease."Cures for boils and pimples"
To draw a boil it is a good cure to put a linseed meal poultice to it. A poultice made from a mixture of sugar and soap is also advisable. Another cure is to put the mouth of a bottle up agaist the boil."Other Cures"
Wild sage when boiled in water is a good cure for indigestion. If a person had a wisp in the eye it is a very effective cure to rub something made of gold such as a ring to it. Another cure is to bathe the eye with cold tea. An excellent remedy for a toothace is to eat a few cloves. It is a good cure for a sore throat to put your left stocking around your throat when you are going to bed. A fox's tongue is very useful for drawing a thorn. If the dropping of a sheep is boiled in milk and drunk it is an excellent cure for the measles. If you walked on your hands and knees under a mare donkey nine times and bless yourself each time it is a good cure for the whooping(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Diarmuid Donovan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dromdaleague, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr Jeremiah Mc Carthy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilscohanagh, Co. Cork
