School: Bán-Tír (B.) (roll number 2803)
- Location:
- Bántír, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Seán Ó Síothcháin
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- 1 Sores and Swellings - Ointment made from the Marsh Mallow, and applied liberally.
2. Corns - A slice of a raw onion applied to the corn will remove it in one night.
3 Colds - Take sips of the water in which turnips have been boiled, and to which some salt has been added.
4 Pains - A woman who still lives near Mallow, Co Cork, was cured of her pains, by eating raw, bit by bit, a sheep's heart.
- 1. Headache - Boil the "Blessed Virgin's Herb", (which grows in a sheltered place by fences, has a long slender stalk, and white flowers in month of May) and drink the juice
2. Bruises - Apply "Alder" leaves to the wounds.
3. Poisoned Cut - Allow the dog to lick the wound, and it will not become septic.
4. Boils and Ulcers - Boil the weed, which grows by the river, and is called locally "Meach an Dá hAbha", and rub the juice to the affected parts.
5. Kidney Disease - Eat Parsley with plenty of salt. - Informant
- John Rahilly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 68
- Address
- Cill Mhic Corráin, Co. Chorcaí
