1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Athea

School: Athea (roll number 15686)

Location:
Athea, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Mrs M. Danaher
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0486, Page 017

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0486, Page 017

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Athea
  2. XML Page 017
  3. XML “Local Cures”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Local Cures (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    poultice.
    2. Rub wax to them.
    Whooping Cough-:
    1. Drink the milk left after a ferret.
    Sore Leg-:
    1. leave a dog lick it.
    Sore throat-:
    1. Twist a woolen stocking around the neck when going to bed and leave it so until morning
    2. Gargle the throat with salt and water.
    Sore eyes-:
    1. Cut up "slánlus" and pound it and then put it as a poultice to the eyes.
    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
    Peig Ní Chonchubhair
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Athea, Co. Limerick