School: Clongeen (roll number 4652)
- Location:
- Cluain Caoin, Co. Loch Garman
- Teacher: Brian Ó Broin
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- (continued from previous page)6. If a person swallows a sixpenny bit or any other small coin they say if he holds his head in over a can of buttermilk with your mouth open and say "Sláinte na bó" it will come back again.
- 7. If you rub "blue" on the sting of a wasp it will cure it.8. "Robin-run-the-hedge, ground ivy and boiled onions are supposed to cure any kidney-trouble.9. Sea-weed is a cure for tender-feet.10. Woodbine is said to be a cure for sore lips11. Hold-fast (a weed) is a cure for cuts12. The juice of chicken-weed if rubbed on a sore throat will cure it.13. "Dandelion" and soft-thistle are "blood purifiers" used to clean the blood.
- Collector
- William Hennessy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Móinéar an Ghiorria, Co. Loch Garman