School: Borris (C.)
- Location:
- Borris, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Bean Uí Loinneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0904, Page 454
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- (continued from previous page)Mr. Keogh cures swollen glands with oil prepared by himself.
The juice of boiled primroses mixed with new milk & taken every morning fasting is supposed to be a cure for jaundice.
To cure St Anthony's Fire get a person whose family name is Cahill to drop some of his or her blood on the rash - it will disappear in a few days. Danny Cahill, Courtnellan has cured many a sufferer of this painful rash.
To stop Bleeding put a cobweb on the cut.
To stop a Bleeding nose slip a cold key down the back.
To cure a Whitloe plunge the sore into boiling potato-water.
To cure a Stye prod it three times on three successive days with a gooseberry thorn in the name of the "Father, son & Holy Ghost".
To cure External Cancer apply a poultice made up of petals of the dandelion boiled & mixed with quick silver.
Many poultices have to be applied before the ugly growth yields to treatment. Another cure applied is an ointment composed of Eggs - dandelion leaves.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maureen Clancy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Borris, Co. Carlow
