School: Broca
- Location:
- Brockagh Lower, Co. Leitrim
- Teachers: T. Ó Chioráin S. Ó Gallchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0198, Page 383
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- The following are cures belonging to page seventy eight which I procured since the cures on page seventy eight were written.
A cure for a cut is to apply the bark of an oak tree to the wound for a few days. Another cure for a cut is to put a herb, locally known as "comfrey" on the cut.
Sore eyes are cured by squeesing the juice out of house leek, which is a plant that grows on the walls of buildings and applying it to the eyes. A cure for a burn is to put baking soda on the part that is burned. Buttermilk is also used to cure a burn.
Kathleen Keany,
Annagh,
Glenfarne,
Co. Leitrim.
These cures were also given by mother.
- Collector
- Kathleen Keany
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Annagh, Co. Leitrim
