School: Béal Trágha

Location:
Carrowreagh or Craignacally, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Eibhlín Nic Lochlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1121, Page 392

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  1. For the Rose a Yearb called the Rose of Nobel which grows along ditches. It has to be well boiled and mixed with butter from three Marys and has to ask the butter for God's sake.
    Chin Cough For the to drink mares milk the child to pass out and in under a donkey three times and to ate the donkey crumbs.
    For a sprained foot to get a strong bandage of cloth Baking soda and cold water and roll the bandage around the sprain for three days.
    For the tootache the root of garlag.
    For a beling A poultice of White Bread and Bacon. A foxes tongue
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    John Mc Eleney
    Gender
    Male