School: Leac Dhearg (Lickerrig)
- Location:
- Lickerrig, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Dubhda
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0034, Page 0070
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- (continued from previous page)applied as ointment is a cure for a boil.
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To leave "Old man's love" on a boil would cure it.
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To fill a bottle with water, empty it and leave the mouth of it on the top of the boil would draw out the puss. Sore Eyes.
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To wash with cold black tea is considered a good cure for sore eyes.
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Water in which ivy was boiled would cure sore eyes. Rheumatism
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To rub the joints with paraffin oil would cure rheumatism.
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To rub with nettles is a cure for rheumatism.
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To heat a red brick and to put it(continues on next page)
