School: Ardgroom (roll number 12261)
- Location:
- Ardgroom, Co. Cork
- Teacher: R. Ó Hurdail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0276, Page 391
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- All the old cures which were there long ago are sill carried on nowadays. I often see my mother use these old cures still.
If you got toothache to chew the leg of a frog or to get soot and chew it the old people say that is a great cure for toothache. Instead of using power for keeping babies skin cool the old cure they had for it was to get leaves of briars and roast them until they get very hard. Then take them between your hands and rub them very hard until they get as fine as flour. Then shake them on the babies skin. If you cut your hand or foot their is a herb that grows on the ground. It is a kind of a leaf and put it with the cut it will stop the blood.
There is another old cure if any [?] a drop to get sredded soap and sugar & butter and honey, brake the sugar very very fine and mix them all together. Also heat them before using. Carrigeen Moss to use after cooking is good(continues on next page)
