School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Caisleán an Chomair (roll number 10835)
- Location:
- Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Na Mná Rialta
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0865, Page 051
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- Boils
People in Castlecomer use boiled nettles for curing them. They boil them first then bath the boils with them.Sore Eyes
When a person has sore eyes there is a well up in Donaguile, a townland in Castlecomer, and the person who washes his eyes in it is cured. Bathe your eyes in strong cold red tea, every morning and it will cure them. Another way to cure sore eyes is get borac lint and put it in boiling and wash the eyes.Cuts
People make a mixture of turpentine, water and castor oil and it cures the cuts in a few days.Bites
They used to make a poultice of brown bread crumbs, hot water and tea leaves. They used to poultice the bites twice a day.Sores.
They used to make their dogs lick them, because as the old saying goes "There is a cure in a dog's tongue"(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bridie Byrne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Edward Byrne
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
