School: Ros Mór, Béal Átha Fhinghín (roll number 10378)
- Location:
- Rossmore, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Michéal Ó Corcora
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0307, Page 108
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- There are many local belief with regard to cure. Camomile flowers boiled in cream will heal swellings. If a persion had a sprained limb to hold it under a stream of running water would do it good.
If a person had bronchitis to go to a well early in the morning and to drink water without using any vessel. It is said that donkey's milk would cure whooping cough.
Strong tea and breadsoda would cure a headache. If you put a frog in your mouth you would never get a toothache. If you had warts, put a wart weed under a stone and according as the weed would be rotting the warts would be going away, but you should not tell anyone about it. Pennyleaves would cure corns. If you have a sore throat put a stocking that you would be wearing around your neck. To boil wood-lice and eat them is a cure for measles.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Donovan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derryvreen, Co. Cork
