School: Páirc Íseal (B.) (roll number 295)
- Location:
- Lowpark, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Caiside
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0117, Page 49
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- (continued from previous page)Worms in children :-
Get a glass of turpentine and a glass of sweet oil mix them together, get a paper sugar bag, put some of the mixture on it and leave it on (a) the childs stomach when the child is fasting every morning for nine mornings.
Ringworm :-
Take the patient to a seventh son who has the charm. The charm is gained by tying two worms in the palm of the hand of the infant the day it is born and leaving them in the hand until they they die.
Kidney Trouble :-
Wild Carrot and Glasacoille is an infallible cure for Kidney trouble.
Bleeding :-
(To prevent bleeding, moss, cobwebs, or burnt feathers were used . Burnt feathers are also used in)
Garlic :-
Garlic boiled with milk is good for colic.
Cure for Boil :-
Soap and oatmeal mixed and put it on the boil.
Whooping Cough :-
If a married couple are of the same name, the wife can cure it by giving what she is eating to the patient.
Delicate Child :-
The delicate child was passed under a donkey's stomach(continues on next page)
