School: Eiscreach (roll number 13945)

Location:
Eskeragh, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Raghallaigh
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    is regarded as a good tonic. It is usually found growing in a stream which comes from a spring well. People eat it.
    Camomile flowers are boiled and their juice is used to bather sore eyes.
    Coltsfoot ("Aire" was given to me as it is Irish equivalent) is used to give cattle that have a cough.
    Pain in the back: Apply parafin oil and rub well.
    Gooses lard is used to reduce swelling
    Burn :(1) Apply turpentine. 2
    (2) Apply the white of an egg.
    Rheumatism: and Neuritis: (1) Rub parafin oil.
    (2) Drink a small quantity of water in which washing-soda has been dissolved every morning.
    Bee - sting: (1) apply a bit of blue.
    Nettle-burn (1) Apply a moistered "copoz", a large flat leaved herb, very common everywhere.
    Colic: (1) boiled milk and ginger.
    (2) Brandy.
    (3) Apply a hot lid (covered with a bag) to stomach.
    (4) Apply a bag of roasted coarse salt to stomac
    All these cures disseminate the gas and make i come through the mouth.
    Pleurisy: bleed the legs.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seán S. Ó Raghallaigh
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Múinteoir
    Address
    Eskeragh, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Gallagher
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Eskeragh, Co. Mayo