School: Drumatemple (C.) (roll number 7055)
- Location:
- Drumatemple, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Treasa, Bean Uí Chuinn
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- (continued from previous page)A spider's web cures a cut and stops bleeding.
Olive oil is a cure for a burn.
If you rub the juice of a docket leaf on the sting of a nettle it will cure the sting.
For a sore throat dissolve salt in water and gargle the throat to cure it.
Breadsoda and new milk are a cure for a heartburn.
Dandelion tea taken fifteen mornings in succession is a cure for a weak heart.
There is a holy well in Oran.
The people go there every year either in thanksgiving for a cure got through St Patricks intercession or to ask for a cure.
There is another holy well in Templetogher in honour of St Patrick.
Lime juice is another cure for a burn.
If you have a sore foot walk on the grass early in the morning when the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Noone
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cornamucklagh, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mr Michael Noone
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cornamucklagh, Co. Galway
