School: Grangeford, Tullow
- Location:
- Grangeford, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Leanne Doyle
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0907, Page 268
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- (continued from previous page)couple of hours then strain and drink the milk.A cure for the Whooping Cough in olden times and was considered to be a very good one was an herb known as Crane's Bill. Boil on new milk for one hour. Strain and add a small quantity of sugar.
- A great cure for colds in olden times was boiled buttermilk and one spoonful of oatenmeal mixed with the boiled buttermilk. It was called Posset. It should be taking going to bed at night.
- In a place known as the "Crab Lane" which led down to a little house in Busherstown there lived an old woman named Anne Nolan. She died about 100(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Katie Byrne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Grangeford, Co. Carlow
- Informant
- Mrs George Byrne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Johnstown, Co. Carlow
