School: Clochar na Trócaire, Béal Átha na Sluagh

Location:
Ballinasloe, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Sr. M. Oiliféar
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0029, Page 0138

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  1. 8. People used the chicken weed for curing warts.
    A cure for sties on the eye was to get nine thorns off a gooseberry bush and point one at eye every morning for nine mornings.
    The dockleaf is a cure for the sting of an nettle. A cure for a sprain was vinegar and bran.
    Heated salt put in a stocking and put around the neck was good for mumps.
    Got from
    Mrs. Egan,
    Church Hill,
    Ballinasloe,
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Egan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Church Hill, Co. Galway