School: Cill Moluda, Clanna Caoilte (roll number 9610)
- Location:
- Kilmaloda, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Laura Nugent
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0312, Page 227
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- Long ago these cures were used by the people.
If a child had whooping cough give it the milk that a ferret would take a drink out of.
To rub a dandelion to a wart would cure it. If you get a nettled rub the centre of a dock to it.
If a bee stung you rub earth to it.
The ivy leaf was used for burns or sores. The wild sage was used for a pain in the back or side
- When cows looked thin + wasted people said they had worm in the tail. To cure this a long slit was cut in the cow's tail + salt or tobacco juice rubbed in.
