School: Templenoe, Caiseal
- Location:
- An Teampall Nua, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: Thomas F. Keegan
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For severe head aches an ice or cold compress applied at intervals of 10 minutes usually effects a speedy cure.
For sprains in leg or hand it is the usual thing to go to the nearest spring or stream and construct a water fall and hold the limb under it.
Water cress was much used by people who live near streams and was supposed to prevent cancer tumours and like diseases. - 1 The milk left after ferrets is a cure for the whooping cough.
2 Black tea or a fasting spit is a cure for sore eyes.
3 Porter and the white of an egg is a cure for the jaundice.
4 The dock leaf is a cure for a burn of an(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mary Whelan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Quirke
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Teampall Nua, Co. Thiobraid Árann