School: Cill Muire, Sixmilebridge
- Location:
- Kilmurry, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Chonmara
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0596, Page 228
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"Dreinlus ":- a coarse plant got on the edge of lakes and in marshy places was pulled ;the leaves when crushed were mixed with a little unsalted butter; this was stored in a crock and used to cure sore udders.
Toothache:(1) Take a mouthful of hot water ,then rinse the mouth with cold water .
(2) Apply one or two drops of Sloans Linament to tooth.
(3).Fill hole in tooth with salt or iodine.
(4)Saturate cotton wool with turpentine and apply to bad tooth.
(5)heat a black bottle and steep it in whiskey rinse mouth with whiskey.
(6)Go into a graveyard and get a piece of grass chew it and while chewing ,kneel onto the grave of a relative.
(7)Fill cavity of tooth with bread soda .
Cure for "Thrush"
(1) The seventh son or daughter can cure thrush by breathing three times on patient.
(2) The food left after a cat is steeped in vinegar and applied to the sore mouth.
(3) Vinegar applied alone with a quill to baby's mouth(continues on next page)
