School: Baldoyle Convent (roll number 11883)
- Location:
- Baldoyle, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: Sr Augustine
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In by gone years people did not be-lieve in doctors. They had old cures in which they firmly believed.
The people in the district in which I live have certain believe regarding old cures. One belief is the milk of dandelion rubbed on a wart cures it. Another cure for a wart is a snail rubbed on it and then put on a bush to die. Or another old cure is to count the warts on you hand make a parcle of stones as many stones as you have warts and throw them away.
A cure for a sting of a nettle was to rub a docken leaf on the affected part. There is also a cure for a festered finger made from a root of a docken. For a sting of a wasp a blue bag rubbed on the sore part was a very good cure.
For a sore eye there is a certain plant that grows. It is called celandine and if you squeeze the stalk a milky fluid will come out of it. This rubbed on the eye cures it. A cure for a sty on the eye is to pluck(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maire Mc Ginn
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilbarrack, Co. Dublin
