School: Béal Átha 'n Fheadha (B.)
- Location:
- Ballina, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: D. P. Ó Cearbhaill
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- (continued from previous page)laugh when everything goes wrong.
- (1) If a dog bit you and the wound got poisioned get a hair of the dog and place it on the wound and it will get better.
(2) A Cure for mumps is to put a hand ful of coarse salat in a cloth and (goose's sam[?] and warm it at the fire.
(3) A good cure for burn is to mix castor oil with a hand ful of flour and put it [on?] to the burn the pain will go away instantly.
(4) A cure for jaundice is to drink tobacco juice boiled on milk.
Another cure is a weed that grows in the mountains ; it is the shape of a hare's foot. It is called Crúbán an Tinnis
(5) A cure for The Evil is the fat of fryed bacon. Another cure is a large weed that grows on the sea rods. Another cure is the King's blood.(6) A cure for a wart is un-salted butter on a rusty spoon. Another cure is the(continues on next page)- Collector
- Francis Gardiner
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Francis Gardiner
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male