School: Cill Iubhair (roll number 10095)
- Location:
- Cill Iúir Bheag, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Teacher: Pádhraic Ó Ceithearnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0028, Page 0048
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to the fire.
Get a bandage and dip it in vinegar and put it round the forehead.
A Sty in the Eye: Get nine gooseberry thorns and point one of them at the eye every morning for nine mornings and then throw them away.
Corns: To go out in the morning when the dew is on the grass and walk about in the bare feet.
Put salt and lamp oil in hot water and wash the feet in the mixture.
A wound: The juice of a deal tree.
A dog to lick the wound
Sore eyes: A child born after his father's death has a cure for them.
A Burn: Wash it in lime water and lamp oil mixed together.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Grady
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cill Chluaine, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Informant
- John Grady
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cill Chluaine, Co. na Gaillimhe
