School: Knockgraffon (roll number 10560)
- Location:
- Knockgraffon, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Mary B. Cleary
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0559, Page 177
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- A white turnip, when rubbed to the effected parts cures swelling.
Put a hole in a red turnip and put sugar in it. Drink the juice, which is left in the hole and it will cure a cough.
Throw a child with measles under a grew horse to cure it. Swallow a pinch of salt to cure hiccoughs. Put as many pebbles in a bag as you have warts on your hand and throw the bag at a crossroads. The first person to pick up the bag will get your warts. Raw onions are good for chillblains. Red pepper rolled in a piece of wool and put into the ear is good for an earache.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mrs Marah
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 60
- Occupation
- Trademan's wife
- Address
- Caher, Co. Tipperary
