School: Dún Bhéacháin (Dunbeacon) (roll number 15552)
- Location:
- Dún Béacáin, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Foghlú
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- (continued from previous page)Cold tea if rubbed to sore eyes would cure them
Engine Oil if rubbed to a burn before blisters come on it will not let the burned part blister and will cure the burn. - Soda
is a cure for a burn when placed on the burn immediately after it occurs
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Boiled potatoes
are a cure for a sore throat. They should be applied in a stocking around the throat immediately after boiling
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Grated potatoes
are a cure for a burn
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Fresh butter
when boiled into butter oil was considered by the old people as the best cure for a sore-throat
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To lick an eascú-luacra
is a cure for a burn
If a person strikes his forehead causing a lump to rise it can be avoided by placing a cold slate against it immediately after it occurs.- Collector
- Mary J. Moynihan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Driseán, Co. Chorcaí
- Informant
- Mr Richard Moynihan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 58
- Address
- An Driseán, Co. Chorcaí