School: Sonna (roll number 1422)
- Location:
- Kildallan, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Mrs O' Connell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0740, Page 107
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- (continued from previous page)mixed with vaseline will help to grow the hair.
Honey used instead of Cod Liver Oil is a very good emulsion.
The juice of the bilberries is useful for burns and scalds - and also for eczema.
Burdock. Grows in ditches and on waste ground. The "burs" when (thornwn) thrown, stick to ones clothes. The seeds and roots are used for Kidney trouble - such as gravel and stone and dropsy.
Sprains - The leaves bruised and soaked in hartshorn make an embrocation Caraway, Used for wind.
Grass which grows on a rock will cure worms.
Worms in children. The grated outside of a fresh carrot - the red part a teaspoonful at night.
Watercress - or "Mustard and cress" cures scurry and blood trouble.
Watercress over which is poured boiling vinegar will cure headaches.
Garlic used for indigestion. The bulbs boiled till soft and put into a jar with vinegar is a cure for asthma.
A slice off garlic rubbed on the scalp will cure baldness.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kate Donegan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Sonna Demesne, Co. Westmeath
