School: Óméith (roll number 3001)
- Location:
- Omeath, Co. Louth
- Teacher: D. Ó Cuilinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0657, Page 216
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Heart-disease - Three oaten cakes to be eaten every day for three days.
For an ingrown nail - Cut a v out of the middle of the top of the nail.
Tonics.
For bladder and kidneys - Burdock seeds boiled and drink the tea. It is also used for fits and convulsions.
For rheumatisim, scurvy, indigestion, fevers and dropsy - Bogbean boiled and drink the tea of it.
For the liver - Dandelion boiled well and drink the tea.
For coughs and bronchitis - Marsh-mallow boiled well and drink the tea.
For the kidneys - Parsley boiled well and drink the tea.
For rheumatism - Celery boiled and drink the tea.
For indigestion and billiousness - Eat boiled rhubarb.
Spring and autumn medicine - Boiled meadowsweet and drink the tea.
For worms and nervousness - Souter-(continues on next page)
