School: St Michael's, Longford (roll number 856)
- Location:
- Longford, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Cathal Mac Maitiú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0768, Page 052
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- (continued from previous page)(a) Get an ivy leaf and soak it in vinegar and tie it round the corn for 2 or 3 days. If necessary repeat the process.
(b) Scoop out a potato leaving a thin lining. Put a large piece of washing-soda into this & when by morning it will have dissolved rub the liquid on the corn. (c) Walk through a bog, every day for about three days in your bare feet. (d) Rub an ointment made from a herb known as the "Marsh Mallow". (e) Cut a piece of fat bacon and place it on the corn for 10 days.
Cures for Sore eyes
(a) Bathe your eyes in bog-water.
Cures for Whooping - -cough
(a) If a Godmother places a red ribbon round the affected child's neck without the parents' knowledge the whooping - cough will be cured for ever. (b) If you meet a man with a pieball pony, ask him for a cure for the "chin - cough". (c) If the affected person eats a ferret's leavings.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Cooney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Longford, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Mr Joseph Murray
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 73
- Address
- Longford, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Mrs B. Ward
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 40
- Address
- Longford, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Mrs F. Fahy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 76
- Address
- Longford, Co. Longford
