School: Sruthar (C.)
- Location:
- Shrule, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Bríd, Bean Uí Éanacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0102, Page 122
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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. - Turpentine well sprinkled on a flannel cloth and applied was a great cure for a sore back. Another cure for a pain in the back was to rub it with a hot smoothing iron, over a piece of flannel.
A great cure for wild fire was to throw three spits on the floor on each of the two Monday mornings, and on the Thursday between.
The person with the wild fire should be fasting and should gather the spits, an make the Sign of the Cross on the wild fire with the spits. - chicken weed is very good for a swelling in any part of the body. Bugless in an herb that is used for making a plaster for sore by boiling it with oatmeal. A cure for pock is to boil together hog's lard and quicksilver, and to put the mixture on as a plaster. Asses milk is a very old cure for whooping cough.
