School: Hackettstown (St Joseph's)
- Location:
- Hacketstown, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: M. Ní Raghallaigh
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- There are many very good old cures which are even better than the new ones but a lot of them cannot be recalled now. a very good cure for Jaundice is sorrel leaves made into a stew and given as medecine. A great cure for felon - a swelling on the finger - is to make Hemlock and March Malice into a stew, this is supposed to be a great cure. A cure for scalds is to mix up lime water and sweet oil. A very old cure for Erciplers is to boil flour and new milk together and make into a poultice.
- Collector
- Maura Duffy
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Edward Whelan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 58
- Address
- Ballybrack More, Co. Wicklow
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- Collector
- Kitty Gartland
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Matthew Gartland
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 58
- Address
- Ballybrack More, Co. Wicklow