School: Goirtín
- Location:
- Goirtín, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Teacher: Máiréad Ní Dhubhthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0078, Page 278
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- The people long ago knew nothing about pneumonia; they used to call it a pain in the side. They used to cure it with warm tow. The tow is the coarse part of flax. They would heat the tow by the fire and leave it on the affected part. The cure people had for a toothache was the lard of a frog. The juice of a dockleaf was a cure for the sting of a nettle. Long ago the people used to put a cobweb on a cut. They used to cut the dandelion and put it down to boil and drink the juice for a cold.
- Long ago people used to get garlic and cut it up and boil it in milk for pains.
Sgailrín was used for a cold. - Transcription guide » You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Margaret O' Brien
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Chloch, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Informant
- Mrs B. Dooley
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 78
- Address
- An Chloch, Co. na Gaillimhe
