School: Clodiagh, Inistioge
- Location:
- Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Dónall Ó Donnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0847, Page 520
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- Rheumatism, corns, headache, toothache, earache, sore throat, boils, neuralgia, consumption, sore eyes, cancer, scurvy, sciatica, convulsions, ulsers, chilblains, mumps, the flu, scarlatina, diphteria.
In former times a dose of salts was a cure for a headache. An old cure for an earache was to rub the ear with camphorated oil. An old cure for a sore throat was to fill a woolen stocking with warm salt and tie it around the throat.
An old cure for boils was a poultice of linseed meal.
An old cure for neuralgia was a dose of salts.
In former times people used to wash their eyes in cold tea to cure them.
Another cure for sore eyes was chamomile flowers. People used to steep them in water and then bathe their eyes in the water. A family the name of Leeches that lived in Killeen were able to cure cancer.
A man the name of Philip Cantlon of Cullentra is able to cure scurvy.
An old cure for chilblains was to put onions to them. An old cure for the mumps was a(continues on next page) - Collector
- James Walsh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny
