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School: Killurney, Cluain Meala

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Killurney, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Máire de Brún
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0567, Page 300

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    A gold ring will cure styes.
    Fox-glove will cure newralgia.
    Silcock is good for newritis.
    Tobacco water will kill worms.
    Green copperice will cure tetters.
    Penny leaf makes a good ointment which will cure corns.
    The skin inside an egg is good for boils, also a poultice of cow dung.
    A little plant called the 'Chalice' boiled in new milk will cure whooping cough.
    The 'blessed thistle' will cure a cow with a sore udder.
    Another cure for this is to wash it with sink water.
    Goose's droppings will cure jaundice.
    Bread soda is good for stings.
    Also a withered oak leaf is very healing.
    Pilewort is an excellent blood purifier.
    Greyhound's tongue cures Varicose veins, piles and boils.
    Dog roots cure rhuematism.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Mary Donovan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knockanclash, Co. Tipperary