School: Scairt (C.), Cill Dairbhe (roll number 4127)
- Location:
- Scart, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Mrs R. Eager
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- Long ago people sought their remedies chiefly from herbs. For instance chickweed was ground and boiled and the brew used as a cure for jaundice.
Dandelion tea was used as a cure for Kidney Trouble. Dandelion juice was used to cure warts. Dandelion was eaten as a salad for Rheumatism.
Bark of elder and lard was used for a burn. Another cure for a burn was to lick an eas luacra and then to lick the burn. Another cure for warts was to steal a slice of bacon and make the sign of the cross over the warts and bury the bacon in a dung heap without anyone knowing it. When the bacon rotted the warts were cured. I knew a person who tried this and succeeded. Another cure for warts was to(continues on next page)- Collector
- Séamus Mac Cárthaigh
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- Male
- Age
- 12
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- Mr Dennis Mac Carthy
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- Male
- Age
- 73