School: Rahugh (roll number 12905)
- Location:
- Rahugh, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: P. Ó Maonghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0732, Page 185
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Matthew Dunne, Mountrath, Kilbeggan
Patrick Dunne Same address.
Consumption; one oint of ass's milk every moening. Hooping cough; over and under an ass three times.
Boils; boil bog moss and put it on as a poultice.
Stye in the eye; prod a gooseberry at the eye three times.
sore nose; put on a fasting spit three times. a fasting spit is got by putting your finger in your mouth before breakfast.
sore ear; boil Marsh Mallows and put the juice into it.
Headache; Drink three sups of water out of St. Hugh's well.
- Styes,
When people had a stye in their eye they used to point nine gooseberry thorns at it.
Burns
When a person had a burn they used to lick an Alp luachra and(continues on next page) - Collector
- Mary T. Coyne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Pallas, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Patrick Dunne
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Pallas, Co. Westmeath
