School: Scairt (C.), Cill Dairbhe (roll number 4127)
- Location:
- Scart, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Mrs R. Eager
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0375, Page 352
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- (continued from previous page)Cough was cured by crossing under a donkey three times.
A sore throat was cured by tying a goat's ear around your neck.
Mumps were cured by the sufferer rubbing his or her neck to the spot where a black pig would rub itself.
Cuts were treated with a piece of moss.
A head-ache was cured by taking some Duacaillans and boiling them and then to drink the liquid would give you ease.
Earache was cured by plunging a teaspoon into boiling water, then pour into it a little glycerine and a little borax and mix them. A few drops of this was put into the ear with a feather. Then plug the ear with cotton wool and leave for a few hours.
Warts were cured by steeping the inner rind of a lemon twenty-four hours in(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Emelda Ní Dálaigh
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Informant
- Mr Ellen Keating
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 77
