School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Cill Mochua (roll number 15632)
- Location:
- Kilmacow, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Sr. M. Calasanctius
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0843, Page 258
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- Barley meal wet and mixed with sour milk into a paste, put on a cloth and cools and cures Erysipelas. Cahil's blood is another cure for Erysipelas and Anthony's fire. Ground ivy boiled stem and leaf, a handful to about a 1 pt. of water, simmer and allow to boil for about 1 hr. then strain. Take wine glass full each morning for Rheumatism. The root is not to be boiled.
Poultice of boiled turnips for a sprain.
Scooped raw potato applied 3 or 4 times a day is a cure for boils.
Soap and sugar cure for Whitlow or plunge finger into boiling potato water 3 times.
Moss got out of a field not off a wall boiled with water cures Diarrahae.
Gooseberry thorn cure for sty in the eye.
Ivy leaf cure for corn on the feet
Jaundice - Bark of Barbary tree boiled in new milk. Drink about 4 times a day.
Sore throat - Cut a large slice of bread, toast until thoroughly blackened on either side, then pour on enough hot vinegar to saturate the bread. Place the poultice between muslin(continues on next page)
