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School: Drumatemple (C.) (roll number 7055)

Location:
Drumatemple, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Treasa, Bean Uí Chuinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0260, Page 245

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    “The March snow water is kept as a cure for sore eyes.”

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    The March snow water is kept as a cure for sore eyes.

    A whitlow on one's finger is bathed in lamp oil
    Roasted chicken-weed is a cure for the mumps

    Long ago a mam with a white horse was asked to give a cure for the chin-cough and whatever he said was supposed to cure it.
    Another cure was to put a frog in a bottle and as the frog would be dying the chin-cough would be getting better

    A horse-hair was wound round a wart to cure it.
    Warm salt in a poultice is a cure for sore throats

    Warm wool dipped in castor-oil is a cure for a pain in the ear.

    The gall of a pig is good for a burn.
    Turpentine is good for a pain
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. sore eyes (~94)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Marnell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bookalagh, Co. Galway