School: Faythe (roll number 11361)
- Teacher: An tSr. Columcille
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- (continued from previous page)a mare ass three times in succession.3) A cut of bread from a woman whose surname did not change in marriage is a cure for the whooping-cough also.4) My Mammy says that two slices of raw turnip with Demerara sugar pressed between them and the juice drained off and given as a syrup is a good cure for the whooping cough.5) Spring water and sugar taken when the cough attacks is another cure for the whooping cough.Colds
Mrs Moran who is a very old country woman told me that a cure for a chest cough is to get a turnip and remove the top. Then scoop out the inside and fill sugar and allow to dissolve. Put the same quantity of vinegar in it and take a tablespoonful when the cough attacks.15) A cure for a cold is to take a cup of boiled buttermilk containing a little salt at bedtime.16) Bleeding, a cure for a cut is to put the oldest cobweb in the house on it. This stops the bleeding very(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maureen Fenelon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Maudlintown, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- Mr Kealing
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Maudlintown, Co. Wexford
