School: Breac-chluain
- Location:
- Brackloon South, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Liam Mac Gabhann
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- Long ago people used remedies of their own for curing ills and sores. Some of them were foolish but others were good. Burnt salt in a woollen stocking and applied to a sore throat, cured it. Soap mixed with sugar cured a corrupted sore. Burnt whiskey was a remedy for a sore chest. Woollen thread applied to a sprain was supposed to heal it.
Comfrey is supposed to be a cure for a running sore, but it has to be scraped first and then applied to the sore. When a cut is bleeding a cobweb is sometimes put to it to stop the bleeding.
Buttermilk rubbed on the scalp of the head is supposed to heal sores.
- Collector
- Mary Carroll
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derrylahan, Co. Mayo
- A stocking with a boiled potatoe in it and wrapped around it, is a cure for a sore throat. Pepper is a cure for a toothache. A cure for a headache is to drink a cup of black tea. Garlic is a cure for a cough.(continues on next page)
