School: Wilkinstown (roll number 1917)
- Location:
- Wilkinstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máire Ní Failcheallaigh
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- A leaf called Pilewort should be got and pounded well and boiled with unsalted butter and strained. The juice should then be put in an air-tight bottle and applied when needed to the piles or pimples. A tight bandage should be put on the sores. This is supposed to be a sure remedy.
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“The skin of a raw potato was known as a cure for a burn.”
1. The skin of a raw potato was known as a cure for a burn.
2. The water that potatoes were boiled in was a cure for a black eye.
3. The juice of an ash stick was a cure for an abscess in the ear.
4. Chewing the skin of a young ash tree was supposed to cure heart-burn.- Informant
- Patrick Lynn
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 39
- Address
- Wilkinstown, Co. Meath