School: Guaire (Goorey) (roll number 7929)
- Location:
- Guaire, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Teacher: Úna M. Montgomery
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- The people in former times had remedies for ailments, such as herbs and potatoes. They used camomile for sore eyes, and sore feet. Linseed is used for a cold. It is boiled and strained and put into milk and a stalk of liquorous ball put through it. If you smell a stalk of Camomile it will mend a sore head. Horehound is good for a cough. Dandelion is good for liver complaint and wine is made out of it, and a little herb called "thyme" is good for Rheumatism. If you have a "stye" in your eye, prick it with nine points of gooseberries and throw the tenth away. Chickened is good for a bruise or sore. For a horse having a cough, Docketroots are boiled and the water is given(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Lottie Stewart
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Málainn, Co. Dhún na nGall