School: Barrachadhbhile, An Sciobairín
- Location:
- Bauravilla, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0293, Page 347
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- (continued from previous page)used.Burns:
The white of an egg and a grated potato mixed with boiled cream was used as an ointment. By licking a lizard on the stomach and then rubbing your tongue to the burn it was cured. The cure on the tongue was also permanent.For a tooth-ache:
Bite the leg off a frog from the knee down and you will never get a tooth-ache again.Cuts:
It was the custom to rub wax over the cut to prevent any dirt entering. Also to chew rib leaf and put it on the cut. Corns:
Hang a hedge hog over a fire and rub the juice to the corns and they are cured. Also put an ivy leaf on the corns for five nights. Sore throat:
Put a gander under a basket for a night and in the morning put his beak into your mouth(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary O' Donovan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cooragannive, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mrs H. O' Donovan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cooragannive, Co. Cork
