School: Castleblayney (2) (roll number 10649)
- Location:
- Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: William Boyd
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0943, Page 402
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- In the past people applied cures made by themselves to certain ailments. The cures for toothache is to rub ordinary baking soda in it.
The cure for warts is to kill a snail and rub it on the wart nine times (daily) and hang it on a thorn.
The cure for mumps is to lead a person with asses winkers into a pigsty and say "mumps mumps go to the pigs".
Cure for chillblanes is to run about two and a half miles and you will never have them again.
The cure for a boil is to boil a meadow beam and drink the water and the boils will leave you then.
A cure for a sty is to get a boy to point nine gooseberry thorns at it nine times.
A cure for whopping cough is to go to three married of the same name and get alma from them.
A person who never saw his father has a cure for thrush in the mouth.
- Collector
- Rae Beattie
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan
