School: Drumatemple (B.) (roll number 7496)
- Location:
- Drumatemple, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Michael Quinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0261, Page 052
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- (continued from previous page)40. Soot was the only laxitive used by the old people.
41. Persons suffering from toothache said three Hail Marys when they saw a new moon. This kept toothache away.
- 42. Dandelion was boiled and strained and the juice drank as a cure for the Yellow jaundice.
43. A person who suffered from toothache abstained from doing some special work on sundays - such as shaving or polishing his boots.
44. If a person got a severe cut, a cobweb was applied to the wound.
45. Castor oil was rubbed on a swelling to reduce it.
46. An ivy leaf was put on a wound in order to heal it. - Collector
- Peter Keane
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloonruff, Co. Galway
- 47. If a bone was broken the root of comfrey and the white of an egg were mixed and put on it.
48. If a person had a bruise or swell-(continues on next page)
