School: Rathcormac (roll number 8463)
- Location:
- Rathcormack, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: M. Bean Uí Fhéinneadha
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- Old Cures... Rathcormac District1."The root of a Dandelion", steeped in water over night and boiled is a cure for consumption.2."Buglas" a weed which grows in the garden and boiled in water is a cure for lumps and boils on your neck.3."Fat bacon," when rubbed is a cure for corns.4."Docken leaf," when applied to a nettle burn will cure it.5."Blue," which is used by the housewife is a cure for a sting of a bee.6."Slanlus," ground up when applied to a bleeding cut will cure it.7."The inside of a cabbage leaf", will take the badness out of a cut, and the outside will heal it.8."Gooseberry thorns," when pointed towards a sty on your eye nine times on nine(continues on next page)
