School: Mianaigh (roll number 10565)
- Location:
- Moyny Lower, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Eibhlis Ní Shúilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0303, Page 041
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- (continued from previous page)A SPLINTER was extracted by applying a poultice of soap and brown sugar.
WARTS were tied round with a horse-hair until they fell off. Potato froth or suds was also rubbed on. Another remedy was to rub the wart with a snail, then stick the snail on a thorn bush and when the snail fell of the wart would disappear. Stagnant water found in a hole in a rock was also considered good.
SORE EYES were bathed in Holy Wells. For a STYE - rub it with a gold wedding ring nine mornings fasting. For swollen lids, rub them with a "fasting spit". Flaxseed was used to take dirt out of the eye.
THRUSH was a disease common to young children in those days. The remedy was to let a fasting gander screech into the baby's mouth on each of three mornings.
"CRAOS-GALAR" (got from putting brass in the mouth) was also a common ailment in children The father had to blow his breath into the child's mouth nine times on each of nine mornings.(continues on next page)
