School: Ballinahowen (roll number 8646)
- Location:
- Ballynahown, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: T. Hanly
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- (continued from previous page)ringworm.
Foals tongue to draw out a thorn. Cold tea to bathe a sore eye. Soap and sugar for a boil. Ivy-leaf for a burn. A feather to stop bleeding. Steeped oatmeal to take out a thorn. Cobweb to stop bleeding of wound.
My uncle had a cure for bad warts. He ties a tráithnín tightly around each wart. Then he unties each tráithnín and burys it in the soil. As the tráithnín decays so does the wart.During March the people used to put a lump of "roach" lime in a jug and pour water over it and drink the solution to purify the blood.If you dip your finger in a "[?] of water" in a stone it will cure warts. - Transcription guide »You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Eibhlín Ní Dhubláin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilgarvan, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Tomás Ó Dubhláin
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Kilgarvan, Co. Westmeath