School: Mercy Convent
- Location:
- Belturbet, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: The Sisters
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- Long ago there were not many doctors and the people used their own remedies. Some of these remedies are in use yet.
The cure for a sore throat is to roast salt and put it into a stocking and put the stocking round the neck of the person. Salt is supposed to keep in the heat well.
Roast onions are a cure for sore eyes. You put them into an old woollen scarf or stocking and put it round the sore ears.
Jaundice
A cure for Jandice is to pull leaves off a wild flower called "Woodbine" and break them up. Then rub them to the arm and say "In the name of the Father(continues on next page)- Collector
- Margaret O' Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Belturbet, Co. Cavan