School: Carrickallen
- Location:
- Carrickallen, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: A. Lynch
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1022, Page 141
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- (continued from previous page)known cure for hoarseness and as a gargle salt and water is very useful.
To cure a stye on the eye an old fashioned remedy is to rub the stye the moment it is felt with a gold ring.
The ring must be rubbed to a piece of leather till it is so hot that the heat is felt when it touches the stye.
A key slipped down the back stops nose bleeding.
A sudden scare will cure hiccough or "hicup" as it is commonly called.
Nettle tea was an unfalling remedy for the measles in the days of our Grandmothers.
They also used the nettle tea during the spring months as a tonic and in some places the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Philip O' Donoghue
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrickallen, Co. Cavan
