School: Templenoe, Caiseal
- Location:
- An Teampall Nua, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: Thomas F. Keegan
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- (continued from previous page)the best remedy.
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. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Mary Whelan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Quirke
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Teampall Nua, Co. Thiobraid Árann