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

School: Ballyhaise

Location:
Ballyhaise, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Thos. Plunkett
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0973, Page 253

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0973, Page 253

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: Ballyhaise
  2. XML Page 253
  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

    Share Share Post
    Local Cures
    1. Blood Purifier
    1/2 oz cream of tarter
    1/4 lb sulphur
    1 - treacle
    To be mixed together and a teaspoonful taken fasting every morning.
    2. Liver Diseases
    Tea made from dandelion roots and leaves and taken every morning.
    3. Colds
    1/ Garlic boiled on sweet milk to be taken going to bed.
    2/ Lemon roasted on the hearth and eaten skin and all at bedtime.
    3/ Butter-milk gruel made from oaten porridge, buttermilk and sugar and also taken at bed-time.
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Rosaleen Johnston
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Drumliff, Co. Cavan