School: Baile an Londraigh (B.) (roll number 14305)
- Location:
- Ballylanders, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Seán Ó Buachalla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0512, Page 096
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- (continued from previous page)Sore-throats and hoarseness: Get a pint of boiling water. Put three table spoons of sugar into it. Stir well. Take some at bed time and when you wake during the night.
The late Mrs Murphy's cure of Cullane, Ballylanders.The old remedy for a sore throat was to put the woollen stocking you were wearing during the day around your neck at night. You will find your throat much improved in the morning. A peculiar cure for a burn for which I can vouch as it was applied to myself when I was eight years of age: It happened like this: Two neighbours, John Kenefick and Michael McGuire brought coal to my house from Knocklong. When the coal was stored away, the company sat down to dinner and to a glass of punch. I was playing around and tripped over the boiling kettle, the water flowing over my right hand and wrist. Kenefick immediately licked the burned part and it was cured at once(continues on next page)
- Informant
- John Foley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ringville, Co. Waterford
- Informant
- Mrs John Power
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballylanders, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Mrs Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cullane, Co. Limerick
