School: Scairt (C.), Cill Dairbhe (roll number 4127)
- Location:
- Scart, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Mrs R. Eager
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- (continued from previous page)vinegar and applying it to the wart, the curing stuff must not be let on for more than three hours. Apply fresh every day.
Hicoughs were cured by a teaspoonful of common vinegar.
A wasp's sting was remedied by rubbing the affected parts with raw onion. - Long ago people had several cures which were handed down from the older people.
Whooping-cough was cured by drinking remains of milk which a ferret had left after drinking. Long ago a man approaching on a white horse would be asked for a cure for Whooping cough. This would answer whatever it was. Measles were cured by going under a donkey three times(continues on next page)- Collector
- Máire Ní Riagáin
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Informant
- Mr J. Noonan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 67