School: Ballygarvan (C.) (roll number 9830)
- Location:
- Ballygarvan, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean de Barra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0391, Page 165
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- (continued from previous page)cured a strain in the hand or leg. A cobweb was used to stop bleeding. The old cure was a hot sheep skin for baldness in the head. The donkey's milk was a cure for the whooping cough. Old people used to put a hot stocking round a sore throat. Wax was used as a cure for a boil. There is a disease called thrush which comes on a baby's tongue. The remedy for it is to blow one's breath on it. The cure for a toothache was to bend a knitting needle and redden it in the fire and put a rag on it and stick it in your tooth.
The cure for warts is forge water. Penny-leaves which are found in water are good for corns. The water of the ash is a cure for rheumatism.
- Collector
- Mary O' Leary
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 16
- Address
- Meadstown, Co. Cork
