School: Cluain Fhada (C.) (roll number 15558)

Location:
Cloonfad, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Mrs. Flood
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0248, Page 149

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    Sore Eyes- To wash them often with cold tea.
    To rub your hands with new milk.
    Sprain- To get thread from a weaver and to wind it round the sprain.
    Rash- Every morning when you get up
    throw a spit on the ashes rub it on the rash and it fade away.
    Sting of a Nettle- To put a dock leaf on it.
    Sores- If a sore broke out in your skin and if you got a leaf and put it on it it would wear away.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Burke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Parke, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Burke
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    40
    Address
    Parke, Co. Mayo