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School: Drom Mór (B.), Beantraí (roll number 13095)

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Dromore, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Éamonn Ó Conchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0294, Page 055

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    The licking of a dog is very good for a sore. The cure for a child that would have whooping cough, is to swing it under and over a donkey nine times when fasting in the morning. The food left over by a ferret is supposed to be another cure for this disease also. The ashes of the burned briar leaf is a cure for boils, and the mouth of a bottle-full of hot water applied to them is also another cure.
    Penny leaves and ivy leaves are a cure for corns, and they are a cure for Loch Léin also. The cures for a headache are, to drink a strong tea , or to put a cloth moistened with vinegar to your forehead. If a person had a sprained foot the cure for it would be to put it under a sprout of cold water. Goose grease is a cure for it also. The cure for a nettle sting is to rub the affected part vigorously with dock leaves.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mícheál C. Ó Ríogháin
    Gender
    Male