School: Convent of Mercy, Buncrana (roll number 16632)
- Location:
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Sr Mary Josephine
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1111, Page 204
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- In former times the people were cured with the aid of herbs, and plants . A cure for a sting by a wasp was to put blue dye on the place where the person stung , and a sting by nettles was cured by a docken.
A cure for the toothache is to put a little baking soda in (to) the tooth that is sore.
A cure for consumption is to boil nettles and to drink their juice.People gather bobbin in the bogs and make a drink out of it, This drink will cure pimples and spots. A cue for warts is to squeeze some herbs and wash the hands with the juice.
