School: Kilbeggan (B.)
- Location:
- Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: P. Mac Siúrtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0732, Page 557
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- (continued from previous page)would not burn. It is said that a branch was cut off, one evening and that it was attached to the tree the following morning again.Hand-swellings.Marsh Mallow was used for poulticing hard-swellings. Garlic was used for a disease in cattle.Warts.An oitment of Castor oil and bread-soda is used for curing warts. When this is put on, the warts disappear in a few days.Boils.A mixture of Carbolic soap and sugar when rubbed on boils will cure them.
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- Collector
- Nan Moore
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath