School: Brúgh Ríogh (B.) (roll number 8572)
- Location:
- Brú Rí, Co. Luimnigh
- Teacher: Donncha Ó Haragáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0498, Page 313
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- 1. A burn of a nettle is cured by a dock-leaf.2. A Stone or coin is good for a bruise.3. Cobwebs stop bleeding4. Flax also stops bleeding and is a good healer.'5. "Shaidhmhnín na péuste" or loosening a knotted cord is supposed to cure gripe in calves6. to give a person a drink without their asking for it cure hic-coughs.7. Boiled hay water mixed with milk is good for calves.8. There is a weed that grows in the garden with a bunch of red and white florets, and a brownish green leaf. In the centre of the leaf is a dark red speck, which is said to be a drop of Our Lord's blood. This plant is said to cure bleeding.9. Crowfoot cures a toothache.10. Crowslips cure dropsy.11. A cabbage leaf smeared with cow-manure cures swoolen glands.12. Rhuematism can be cured by boiled celery seed or the sting of a bee.13. For a sty in the eye look through a gold ring or prick the sty with the hairs of a gooseberry.14. Parafin oil cures chilblains.(continues on next page)
