School: Robertson (roll number 12276)
- Location:
- Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Liam Ó Morchadh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1084, Page 157
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- 1. People say donkeys milk is good for the whooping cough.
2. A cure for mumps is to be taken to a well three days one after the other before sunset with a rope tied round your neck.
3. The cure for warts is to take a pin and rub sand on it and throw it away, when the pin rusts your warts will go away.
4. Dandelion soup is good for the heart.
5. Water cress is supposed to be a splendid tonic
6. Bogbine cures influenza and cold, and is a splendid tonic, but is supposed to be bad for the sight.
7. There is a man living in the country and he gives a cure for a sprain. He rubs it three times and ties a tight string round it.
8. There is a woman and a living in the town and they give a cure for the ringworm.
The woman gives a liquid and the man gives an ointment.
- Collector
- Mary Dobson
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
