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School: The Rower (C.), Inistioge (roll number 15161)

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The Rower, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Labhaoise Nic Liam
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0847, Page 254

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    1. A common cure for a cut was a cobweb.
    2. A cure for the whooping cough was to put the person under the donkey's belly three times.
    3. The prick of a gooseberry thorn was the cure for a sty.
    4. Marigold (a weed) brings out measles.
    5. When the children had the rickets their mothers brought them to a forge and passed them under-neath the beak-horn of an anvil three times.
    6. Marsh mallow (a weed) was good for poulticing when boiled.
    7. A leaf of a nettle pressed against the roof of the mouth stopped the nose from bleeding.
    8. Fresh strawberry leaves made into tea cure sore mouths and throats.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Galavan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Cullentragh, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Mrs Galavan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cullentragh, Co. Kilkenny