School: St Columba's Abbey, Navan (roll number 882)
- Location:
- Navan, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Br. Abban O' Donoghue
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- XML School: St Columba's Abbey, Navan
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- XML “Rheumatism”
- XML “Cold”
- XML “Burn”
- XML “Yellow Janders”
- XML “Thorn In The Hand”
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- It is said that if you get Marsh mellows and boil them. Then bathe the place where you have Rheumatism and it will cure it.
- Collector
- Noel Mullen
- Gender
- Male
- The cure for a cold is to boil some buttermilk and drink it going to bed.
- Collector
- Liam Ó Curraidhe
- Gender
- Male
- This cure is well known in my district. Mix the juice of a mangold with some Caster Oil, mix it well and put it on the burn.
- Collector
- Liam Ó Curraidhe
- Gender
- Male
- The cure for this sickness is to get the second bark of an elm, boil it well and drink the substance.
- Collector
- Liam Ó Curraidhe
- Gender
- Male
- The cure for this is not known by many people. You get a garden bean and chew it. Put the chewed bean on the place the thorn and tie a tight bandage round it. Leave it on over night. The thorn(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Louis Smith
- Gender
- Male