School: Cill Chóirne (C.) (roll number 8829)
- Location:
- Kilcorney, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Shúilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0325, Page 082
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- (continued from previous page)Dogleaves dipped in boiling water, and placed hot on a boil, or other abscess, has great healing power.
Dandelion tea was used for the stomach.
Water found in a hole in a stone would cure worts.
Nettle juice was used as a blood purifier.
Holy thistle was used for loss of appetite.
Blue mallow was used for curing coughs.
Cud weed or cotton weed was used for medicine.
Sorrel leaves were used as salad and a cooling mixture for fever.
Tansy was given to turkies for sickness.
A marriage ring rubbed three times each of nine mornings to a sty in the eye, is a sure cure.
A persons spittle when fasting rubbed the same number of times had also healing power.
- Informant
- John Brown
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Crinnaloo South, Co. Cork
