School: Ballyporeen (roll number 15134)
- Location:
- Béal Átha Póirín, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: L. Ó Conchubhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0573, Page 278
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- I heard the following cure for a burn. Get a peice of hog's lard and a laurel leaf. Cut both of them up very small and fry them together and when they are fried rub them to the burn for a while. Repeat this until the burn is cured. Another cure is olive oil, lime and water mixed together and then rubbed to it.
- This is the cure for chillblains. The cure can be obtained before they break out. Pick a puca and rub it to the chillblains. A puca is like a dew and is full of dust. The dust cures the chillblains.
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- Collector
- Micheál Ó Briain
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Gort Íseal, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- The following is a cure for a bee sting. Bluestone for spraying potatoes is to be rubbed on dry. If it falls off it should be repeated for a few times.
