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School: An Clochar, Carraig Thuathail

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Carrigtohill, Co. Cork
Teacher:
An tSr. Celestine
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0385, Page 286

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    To cure a toothache put a frog into your mouth until he croaks
    To cure the whooping cough the child's parents should put the child over and under a mare donkey three times for nine mornings running. Another cure is the milk that a ferret leaves after him, and syrup made from spearment, water cress, and the of the woodbine.
    To cure sore eyes wash them in a little well of water found in a rock when you are not looking for it. This is also a cure for warts.
    Stye or wisp in the eye is cured by cold tea or by being rubbed with a wedding ring.
    For thrush borax and honey is a cure. Another cure is to get persons who never saw their fathers blow their breath while fasting in the child's mouth.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy Bowdren
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrigtohill, Co. Cork