School: Dún Bhéacháin (Dunbeacon) (roll number 15552)
- Location:
- Dunbeacon, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Foghlú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0289, Page 174
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- Bizzam is a cure for boils.
Broom- wood which the old people used for making brooms was also a cure for boils. It should be pulled and boiled for four hours and the juice should then be placed in a bottle and drank.
The old people of this locality used to take their horses to Furze Island in Dunnanus Bay, as it was supposed to have an herb to cure horses of worms
- Collector
- Mary J. Moynihan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drishane, Co. Cork
- Informant
- James Maguire
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Cashelfean, Co. Cork
- Wild Sage is supposed to be a cure for hurts and broken ribs
A foxe's tongue is used to draw a needle out of a person's flesh
Agrimony is said to be a cure for consumption.
Garlic is a cure for a cough
Dandelion was a cure for the liver.
Sloes:- Wine made from the sloes is said to be good for a pain. This wine is called "Sloe-Gin."(continues on next page)
