School: Baile na gCloch (roll number 7006)
- Location:
- Ballyclogh, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Ó Héaluighthe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0369, Page 414
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- To lick a frog's back is a cure for pains in the teeth.
To eat Ferret's leavings is a cure for the whooping cough.
To write your name around a patch of ringworm is said tot ake it away
If you have a stye in your eye make a sign of the cross on it with your mothers marriage ring and it said to cure it.
If you put a key down your back when your nose is bleeding it will cure it.
There is a green weed and the name of it is Spurge and it is said to be a cure for warts.
Dandelion made as you would made tea is a cure for liver complaint
The cure for a burn was a certain leaf called a dog leaf.
The cure for the yellow Jaundice was boiled bandilions.
The cure for sore eyes was to wash them in cold tea.
The cure for a toothache was to put Jeye's(continues on next page)
