School: Cora Finne (B.) (roll number 12907)
- Location:
- Corrofin, Co. Clare
- Teachers: Seosamh Ó Cléirigh Ss. Ó Cléirigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0614, Page 241
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- (continued from previous page)A burn. To rub a dock-leaf to it.
Nose bleed. To put a key down the back.
Corns. Walk on a bog barefoot.
Toothache. Put pepper or ginger to it.
Sore eyes. Wash them in cold tea.
Rash. Use burned butter.
Worms. Teaspoonfull of salt and a half cup of water taken fasting.
Sprain. Wash your leg in water that potatoes were boiled in.A sty "Look through a gold ring".
A Headache "Bring an old tooth from a graveyard".
Corns "To walk in dewy grass or on the bog".
Chilblains "Wash them in salt and water or burn them with a red hazel stick".
A pain in the stomach "A spoon of bread soda and a cup of water mixed and drank".
Earache "A drop of glycerine from the top of a red reaping hook".
"Tender Eyes" "Do three rounds to a blessed well".
A burn of boiling water. To rub it with bread soda.(continues on next page)
