School: Monart (roll number 15741)
- Location:
- Monart East, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Elionóir, Bean Úi Fhuidhleach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0893, Page 165
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- 165CuresWarts. Count how many you have and put the same number of stones in a bag. Leave them at a crossroads and say 'In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost'.
Nettle sting. A cure for a sting of a nettle is to get a dock leaf and rub the sting spot with it.
Sty: If you gave a sty on your eye get a thorn off a gooseberry bush and stab it three times with it.
Sore throat: Put hot salt in the foot of a stocking and put it round your neck.
Tiredness. Put about two ounces of mustard in a bath for anyone who is tired and it is supposed to freshen them up.Names: John Tector. George Lett.
- Collector
- George Lett
- Gender
- Male
- Collector
- John Tector
- Gender
- Male
- People use goose grease to cure a cold and they also drink buttermilk boiled for colds.
People put a snail on a wart and then they put it on a 'sgeac' thorn and when the snail is dead the wart will be gone. Some people use turnip
poultices. People eat celery to cure rheumatism.
Name. V. Gainfort. - Collector
- V. Gainfort
- Gender
- Male
