School: An Dúinín (roll number 4444)
- Location:
- Dooneen, Co. Cork
- Teacher: R. Ó Motharua
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0298, Page 145
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- SORE THROAT. This was treated by boiling potatoes and then roasting them in hot ashes. They were then put in a stocking which was tied around the neck.
A "wisp" was cured by one's fasting spit or by rubbing it with a gold wedding ring and by making the Sign of the Cross three times
A sty could be cured by bathing it with cold tea.
A burn could be quickly cured by rubbing a Lizard to it. A poultice of cowdung was also effective.
MEASLES could be cured by drinking milk left over by a ferret
A red-hot needle placed on a tooth soon relieved the tooth-ache. Salt put in the tooth also helped.
A hot plate was used to cure mumps.
To cure a boil, fill a bottle with very hot water empty it, apply the mouth of the bottle over the boil. A poultice of soap and sugar was very effective for this complaint
A growth was cured by applying a fox's tongue.(continues on next page)
