School: Castlebridge (B.) (roll number 16381)

Location:
Castlebridge, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
P. Ó Braoin
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    In the old days people were very good at curing diseases and other things. In those days they had no doctors or nursing homes so always always some person in the family was a person for curing any sickness. A woman in our village told me some cures. A very good cure for the Yellow Ganders is the the bark of the barberry tree, when it is boiled and given to the person to drink. The drink can be flavoured with Bay leaf.
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    Another cure for corns is a butter-cup when it is skinned, it can also be used for curing warts. A very nurshing for a sick person is the berry of the elder tree. You would have to squash it and strane it
    You could also make ink out of it.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
      2. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tomás Ó Murchadha
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Castlebridge, Co. Wexford