School: Scairt (C.), Cill Dairbhe (roll number 4127)
- Location:
- Scart, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Mrs R. Eager
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- (continued from previous page)They gathered dandelions and boiled them and strained the liquid into a bottle. Some of this was drunk every morning to give strength.
The marrow of a bone was used to cure a boil. An old fashioned cure for a boil, is to take one or two drops of spirits of turpentine upon a lump of sugar every morning before breakfast for ten days. Then at intervals of four mornings a month, for about a month. - Transcription guide »You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Seán Ó hAinín
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
- Informant
- Mr D. Durane
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 78