School: Baile an Lóin Tighe (Ballinlonty) (roll number 1579)
- Location:
- Ballinlonty, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Áine Ruiséall
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- In bygone days people were not so much inclined to go to doctors as they are at present owing to the many local cures.
1 Eating dandelions was a cure for heart-disease.
2 Raw potatoes carried in the pocket was believed to be a cure for rheumatism. According as the potato would be withering the pain would be leaving.
3 Garlic steeped in whiskey was a cure for a stomach ache.
4 Sulphur and unsalted butter cured ringworm.
5 House-leek and fresh lard were a cure for a burn.
6 A fasting spit for nine mornings was a cure for warts. The spit was rubbed over the warts.
7 Ask a man with a grey horse what was a cure for the chin-cough: What ever he would(continues on next page)- Collector
- Katty Patterson
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilfithmone, Co. Tipperary