School: Cnoc na Manach, An Mhainistir Bhán, Cionn tSáile (roll number 1391)
- Location:
- Knocknamanagh, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Dáithí de Barra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0321, Page 136
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- Tea made from wild sage or from dandelion was a cure for people suffering from decline and should be drunk fasting and before meals.
A person who licked the belly of a [?]as luacra three times possessed a cure in his tongue for a burn.
To prevent greyness two ounces of tea, 2 ounces of wild sage, a fist of rusty nails in a half gallon of water and boiled down to make a quart.
To cure ring worm the roots of meacain dá thogha (wild parsnip) were boiled and made into a poultice
A dandelion whose leaves had a red centre rib was used for jaundice
A lump of sugar and the white of an egg also for jaundice
For epileptic fits a small fern which grows on stone walls and called Cos dubh. The centre rib of this fern is black. It should only be picked by the patient.
To cure rheumatism the parts affected were stung with nettles.
In the case of a burn in which blisters were not broken a poultice of cow dug was used
A poultice of pig manure was put to septic wound
A poultice of snails for a carbuncle
The ends of candles which were used on the altar were made into a poultice for a bad leg.(continues on next page)
