School: Scoil an Chlochair, Bunclody
- Location:
- Bunclody, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Na Siúracha
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- 42Burns
There is an old woman living in Ryland Road and whenever any of her sons got a burn she used to melt a blessed candle and a piece of lard and put it on the burn. It would prevent it blistering and would take the pain from it.
This is another cure for a burn. Grate a boiled cold potato and rub it up and down gently over the burn and put the salt over it. It draws the pain from the burn and it does not blister.
Colds
Here is another cure for a cold Get some flaxseed and put it into a sauce-pan and boil it until it dissolves into liquid and drink it hot'
Teresa Cahill - Long ago when there were no doctors the old people had cures of their own and this is one of them. If you had a sty on your eye the best(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Una Roberts
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bunclody-Carrickduff, Co. Carlow / Co. Wexford