School: Termon
- Location:
- An Tearmann, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: Mrs Cooney
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0980, Page 127
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- (continued from previous page)little honey with it and whoever had the sore eye, he would ly down on his back and someone would put a couple of drops of the salt and honey into his eye.
When a cow would be sick, they used to melt salts and put it into a bottle and bottle it into the cow.
For the ring-worm they used to cure it by rubbing lime on it.
For the measles they used to boil nettles and drink the juice of them.
- For "Swelling" in the legs or kidneys bath your feet in broom water and drink it.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Andrew Mc Manus
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- James Smith
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Killygrogan, Co. an Chabháin
