School: Tigh Molaga (2)
- Location:
- Timoleague, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Eileen Beamish
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0318, Page 158
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- Wild Sage Cures Stomac trouble - internal hurts.
Pimpernel: Pounded down for cough.
Pennyworth: Heated & peeled and applied to corns.
Tansy worms
Robin run the hedge: purify blood.
Night Shade cure for warts
Nettles rheumatism
Toothache Put frog in mouth & make him croak.
If a dog licks a sore it heals.
If anyone licks a lizard can cure a burn
Donkeys milk cures whooping cough buy child must be put 3 times under its belly & over its back. Local Place Names.
Baile na móna = Part of Mahon abbey
Bailin Rothar = Part of a townland.
Cullinagh = Townland.
Bóthar Déen = Part of a hilly road.
Cregane = townland.
Cnoc na gCoileach = townland near Bandon.
Bóthar na Glas = a green country rd into Mahon Abbey
Bóthrín Tobair = A road leading to a holy Well near Timoleague
