School: Loughteague, Stradbally (roll number 6129)

Location:
Loughteeog, Co. Laois
Teachers:
Brigid Keane Brighid Ní Chatháin
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0837, Page 122

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0837, Page 122

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Loughteague, Stradbally
  2. XML Page 122
  3. XML “Cures”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. (continued from previous page)
    Boils -
    1. Leave "sponnc" leaves on bar of grate or hob till they are warm and then apply to the boil. Renew frequently.
    2. Boil "Robin - run - the Hedge" (goose - grass or cleavers) in water and drink the water.
    3. Apply plaster of soap & sugar.
    4. Have a bottle roasting hot put the round bottom of the bottle to the boil.
    5. Heat a laurel leaf before fire till it is "roasting hot" rub a little thick cream over it and apply to the boil.
    6. Heat plantain leaf and apply in same way.
    Lumps in throat -
    Rub cabbage leaf with salted & unsalted butter. Heat very thoroughly before fire. Apply. Gives instant relief.
    Abscess on Face -
    Apply cow - dung to the affected part.

    Chilblains : -
    1. Dip chilblain forge - water.
    2. Rub onion (raw) & fat bacon on chilbain.
    3. Rub pariffin.
    4. Hot water and salt.
    Birth mark -
    Rub the mark with the hand of corpse.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English