School: An Clochar, Dún Mánmhaí (roll number 5636)

Location:
Clogher, Co. Cork
Teacher:
An tSr. Bríd
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    sage and drink the water in which it is boiled.
    The ancient cure for obliterating boils was to get "meacain dathóga" from beside a river, boil it and then apply it to the boils. This was also a cure for ringworm.
    A drink of cammomile tea was the cure for a gumboil.
    When stung by a nettle, if one rubbed the dock-leaf, the sting came out.
    For extracting thorns, the fox's tongue was the old cure.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nell Mc Carthy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dunmanway, Co. Cork