School: Cill Chóirne (C.) (roll number 8829)
- Location:
- Kilcorney, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Shúilleabháin
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- Pain in the head.
get a towel and soak it in boiling water and put it up to the head
Ring worm.
Paraffin oil and lard mixed rubbed to the ring worm
Scabs.
mustard and freshest butter boiled.
Goosegrease.
used to loosen the sinews and reduce a swelling.
Warts.
get as many knots of a blade of corn as you have of warts and bury them underground.
Stye in the eye.
Sign of Cross made over it with a wedding ring in cold tea rubbed to it.
Burns.
bread soda or separator oil or a person's tongue rubbed to a lizard.
Sore throat.
Stocking of the left foot turned inside out and twisted around the neck when going to bed.
Chilblains.
mustard and vaseline mixed.
Wildfire.
A stranger to write his or her name around it.
Corns.
Walking in the morning dew.
Whitlow
White bread soaked in spring water
Toothache
cotton wool soaked in iodine.- Informant
- John Horsemount
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Occupation
- Farmer