School: Carraig Thuathail (B.)
- Location:
- Carrigtohill, Co. Cork
- Teacher: John Bowdren
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0385, Page 058
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- (continued from previous page)When you get a stone bruise in your leg the best thing to do is to poultice it with bread and water.
A pain in the head was cured by placing on the head a piece of brown paper with mustard on it and fasten it on with a cloth or a towel.
For a toothache the cure was to take a smoke of tobacco or to put a pinch of salt in the tooth.
A little piece of wool soaked in sweet oil is a good cure for a sore-ear.
To cure a sore throat a good cure is to put a stocking that was worn during the day around the neck during the night.
A good remedy for a pain in the back is to rub turpentine to it.
If a pain in the stomach occurs a hot plate up to it is a good cure.
An onion rubbed to a chilblain is a good cure.
Ballyerana Well which is in the parish of Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork is a well which give relief from sore eyes.
A cobweb is a good cure to stop the blood from running.
- Collector
- Willie J. Daly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrigtohill, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Thomas Fitzgerald
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 59
- Address
- Ballyadam, Co. Cork
