School: Rathdrum (B)
- Location:
- Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: S. Ó Muirgheasa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0919, Page 011
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- (continued from previous page)sty in the eye is, point the thorn of a gooseberry bush at it three times.
People put the stocking they are wearing around their necks at night, they say it is a cure for a sore throat.
Bread that a ?mare donkey leaves when boiled on milk is also a cure for the whooping cough. A cure for warts is to dip them in forge water. A cut is cured with a leaf of tobacco. A cure for a headache is to tie a damp handkerchief on the forehead.
The way they cured warts long ago was, to get a snal and rub it on the wart for nine mornings. On the ninth morning put the snail on a blackthorn bush and when the snail is withered the wart will disappear. To stop a cut from bleeding a cobweb is put on it. Wax is also put on a cut to stop it from bleeding A good cure for a toothache is to chew tobacco. The way a boil is(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Thomas Monaghan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Glasnarget North, Co. Wicklow
- Informant
- Thomas Donoghoe
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Glasnarget North, Co. Wicklow
