School: Cora Finne (B.) (roll number 12907)
- Location:
- Cora Finne, Co. an Chláir
- Teachers: Seosamh Ó Cléirigh Ss. Ó Cléirigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0614, Page 240
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- (continued from previous page)it's breath down the person's back.To walk barefoot on dewy grass or on the bog for corns.Look through a gold ring and bless yourself for a sty or point nine gooseberry thorns at it.Pull a piece of wool from a black sheep and put it into the ear for an ear-ache.A drink of buttermilk for a pain in the stomach.Put a cobweb to a cut.Fill a stocking with heated bran and put it around the neck for a sore throat.Put a pinch of flour to a burn.The cure for a nose-bleed is to put a bunch of keys down the person's back.The cure for a toothache is to put a pinch of pepper into it.The cure for a boil is a roasted onion or steam from a bottle of hot water.The cure for a pain in the back is parafin oil.Cut. Put a cobweb inside a bandage to it.Chincough. Give a ferret milk to drink and whatever he leaves after him give it to the person to drink.Boils. Roasted onions.Headache. Wash a bandage and hang it out on St. Briget's night and put it to the person's head.(continues on next page)
