School: Cobh Labhráis (C.) (roll number 7453)
- Location:
- Raerainn, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Áine, Bean Uí Shúilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0277, Page 106
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- Toothache - The cure for toothache was to put whiskey and salt into the tooth.
Ringworm - the cure was to kill a black cat and rub the blood to the ringworm.
Rheumatism - The cure long ago was to get salt water and weeds boiled together and bathe the sore part.
Fever - They used whey - the people would boil buttermilk and newmilk together and give it to the sick person.
Wildsage was a cure a cough. They used to boil it and drink the juice of it.
Camomile was used for a cold. It was drawn like tea and then they used to drink it.
Sorethroat - They used to put boiled hot potatoes in a woollen cloth and make a poultice of it. If you had a sore hand or a cut in it they would use a plant called ribleaf, they used to call it in Irish "Slánlus"
- Collector
- Mary Quinlan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Miss B. Regan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 86
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- An Grianán, Co. Chorcaí
