1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Árd Fhionáin (B.)

School: Árd Fhionáin (B.)

Location:
Ardfinnan, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Áine Ní Fhoghludha
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0571, Page 239

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0571, Page 239

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Árd Fhionáin (B.)
  2. XML Page 239
  3. XML “Some Local Cures”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Some Local Cures

    Share Share Post
    The juice of the young leaf that comes on the potato stalk is said to be a cure for cuts.
    Elder flower boiled down, and a glass of it taken fasting in the morning is supposed to cure rheumatism gout and dropsy.
    Sulphur mixed with jam is a cure for worms in children. Bread soda rubbed to chilblains is said to cure them.
    Oak bark juice was used long ago for bad throats.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr Thomas Cummins
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rochestown, Co. Tipperary