School: Lubhghortán (Lowertown), Scoil Mhuire (roll number 4172)

Location:
Lowertown, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Mhathúna
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    would come out of them would cure thrush or a sore throat.
    Whooping cough:- Cut off the roots off BURD-DOCKS and to boil the roots and to drink the liquid that would come out of them
    Burns:- Rub the oil that would come out of a SKATE to the burns
    Warts:- Rub the white milky stuff that would come out of the STEM OF THE BANNACKAIEN to the warts, and it would drive them away
    Boils and corns:- Search for the PENNY LEAVES that grow in the side of a fence, heat them to the fire, and then place them against the boil or the corn, and it would prevent them from spreading.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Timothy Regan
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs Mahony
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    73
    Address
    Laharan, Co. Cork