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School: Pádraig Naofa, Droichead Banndan

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Bandon, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Faoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0314, Page 021

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    Cure for whooping cough :- Drink milk left after a ferret.
    Cure for toothache:- A living frog put into the mouth of the person who has a toothache.
    Cure for sore eyes:- Wash them with cold tea.
    Cure for ear-ache:- Put a roasted onion into the sore ear.
    Kidney trouble;- Boil a mouse and drink its soup.
    Warts:- Spit on them for nine days before breakfast.
    Cut finger:- Put a cobweb on the sore finger
    Cure for warts:- Rub the stem of a dandelion to the wart.
    Cure for Jaundice:
    Cure for worms in children:- Take salt and milk for 12 mornings.
    Cure for headache:- Get brown paper and sprinkle it with vinegar and then put it up to the forehead.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English