School: Killasona, Granard (roll number 14300)
- Location:
- Killasona, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Bean Uí Ghaithbheacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0764, Page 432
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- (continued from previous page)be completely melted. Apply a little of this liquid twice a day for about four days. Then bathe the corn on warm water to which a little common salt has been added. The corn will come away completely.
The juice squeezed from a dandelion on a wart is supposed to be a good cure.
A roasted "plantain" leaf put to a fresh cut is considered very reliable.
Celery eaten raw is supposed to be a cure for rheumatism.
To boil the roots of red nettles and drink the water is a cure for measles.
A lump of sugar and a few drops of turpentine taken for nine mornings in succession is good for worms in children.
A cure for sore eyes is to bathe them in black cold tea.
The skin of an egg applied is one of the best cures to draw out a thorn.(continues on next page)
