School: An Eaglais, Ceapach Chuinn (roll number 1395)
- Location:
- Aglish, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Leinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0643, Page 148
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- (continued from previous page)and drink the water.
A cure for a sting of a nettle is to rub a dock leaf to it.
A remedy for warts is to rub a stone to every wart and then put the stones into a bag and leave the bag at four crossroads and whoever will take the stones will get the warts and they will go from you.
A cure for a burn is to boil the inner skin of an elder tree for one hour and when cold apply to the burn.
To stop a cut from bleeding put a clean cobweb to it.
When the old people had sore lips they used chew wild woodbine and then spit it out again.
A remedy for a cloud in a sheep's eye is to chew flig and spit it into its eye.
When the old people had sore eyes they used bathe their eyes in cold tea.
- Collector
- Maurice Whelan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dromore, Co. Waterford
