School: Port Ruadh, Aonach Úrmhumhan (roll number 11367)
- Location:
- Portroe, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: S.C. Ó Freathaille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0538, Page 021
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- In former times when doctors were scarce the people had great reliance on local cures. For instance dandelion which is an herb that grows wild was considered a perfect cure for the disease called "Jaundice" long ago. It was freshly picked and cleaned and then boiled in new milk for about one or two hours before it was ready for use. It was then strained and cooled and the patient was supposed to take it three times each day for about three weeks.
To cure a toothache an onion was roasted on the open hearth and put to the patients wrist and held there until the toothache would disappear which was generally supposed to be in about half an hour.
To cure a disease called "Wild-fire" some fat snails or slugs were gathered and boiled(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Seymour
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Landsdown, Co. Tipperary
