School: St Columba's, Buncrana

Location:
Buncrana, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Eoghan Ua Gallchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1111, Page 063

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    tree, and ran under it three times. This cured the whooping cough. People still run under donkeys to be cured.
    A good cure for warts:- Get a snail and rub it on the warts. When you have that done tie a cord to it and tie it up somewhere. As the snail rots the warts rot.
    When a person gets a sprained ankle he gets some chicken weed and rubs it on it. The next day he does the same and after a few days it will get better.
    When a person gets stung with a nettle he can cure it with a docking. When he gets a docking he rubs it on the sting. While rubbing it on the sting say:- Nettle out and docking in. After a while the pain will go away.
    If a person gets a stye in his eye he can cure it with a gooseberry. Dab the stye with a gooseberry three times
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seamus Cutliffe
    Gender
    Male