School: Mercy Convent, Granard (roll number 13846)
- Location:
- Granard, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Sr. Conception
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Old Local Cures
1st Feb; 1938 In olden times when there were few or no doctors to be had they had simple home made remedies and cures.
Our grandfathers and grandmothers scarcely ever paid a visit to a Doctor nor bring him to a sick person to prescribe.
Here is a list of some.
For a sty on the eye. Nine gooseberry thorns were got from a person, whose father and mother's(continues on next page)- Collector
- Maggie Brogan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Granard, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Mr John Richie
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Granard, Co. Longford