School: Scoil na mBráthar, Clonmel
- Location:
- Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: S. A. de Faoite
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- It is said that chicken weed cures warts.
Lime water is said cures pimples.
Pepper cures toothaches.
Borax and Honey cure sore gums
It is said that parrafin oil cures sciatica.
It is said that forge-water cures he whooping cough
linseed oil and lime-water mixed cures burns.
Roasted salt it is said cures a sore throat.
Oat and meal water cures a cough
A sliced onion cures chilblains.
It is said that washing blue cures a sting of a bee.
Long ago old people used to say if you had a sprained leg or arm to let the tap run on it and it would be cured in a certain number of days.
Then again there is another cure. If you had a lot of warts on your hand to put a fasting spit on them and they would soon go away.
If ever you have a bile any place put sugar and soap on it and it would go away
and if ever you get a sting rub it with dock-leaf and the sting would go away
If you ever get a burn on he leg or face put flour or olive oil because the olive oil keeps it from blistering.
If every you have a head-ache rub vinegar to brown paper and lay it on your forehead and i will go away.
A dandelion is a cure for nettle sting.
Whiskey steeped in brown paper and placed on the chest and back is goof for chest complaints.
Honeysuckle is a cure for sceptic poison.
The common nettle is a cure(continues on next page)
