School: Gearrbhaile (Garbh-dhoire?) (roll number 12110)
- Location:
- Garbally, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Mícheál Mac Giollabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0077, Page 212
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- (continued from previous page)A mixture of sugar and soot applied to the bruise is considered very effective.
Loaf bread (white) steeped in hot water is considered a good remedy to draw the matter.
Scoop a hole in a turnip, put the pulp in a cloth and apply to the bruise.Whooping Cough
A cure for the whooping cough is to pass the person effected three times under and over a female donkey. Ask a man leading a white horse for a cure and do what he advises.Jaundice
Dig seven worms and throw away the seventh. Boil the others and drink the "soup".Thorns: To extract a thorn apply the tongue of a fox.Dog Bite: Apply three hairs of the dog that bit to the bite.Sore Throat:
Tie the stocking you are wearing during the day(continues on next page)
