School: Ferrybank, Waterford (roll number 14999)
- Location:
- Ferrybank, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: R. Ó Luinn
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- A leaf of a dandelion is a cure for asthma when it is chewed and the juice drunken. A sting of a nettle is cured by the juice of a dock leaf.
Rub the sap of a dandelion on a ward and it will cure it in less than a month. There is a well, in Ferrybank called Mollyhoys Well, and if you drink the water thats in it it will cure consumption. Eat boiled nettles and it will cure consumption.
- To stop blood put ice on the cut.
To cure the mumps put hot salt on them. If you had a sore hand(continues on next page) - Collector
- Joe Cummins
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ferrybank, Co. Waterford
- Informant
- Mrs Cummins
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ferrybank, Co. Waterford
