School: Cluain Taidhg (Clontead), Achadh Cóiste (roll number 14023)
- Location:
- Clontead More, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Mhurchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0345, Page 012
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A cure for histeria in dogs is besom boiled and the water given to them.
The sorrel boiled and the water mixed with porter is a cure for worms in children. The juice of the milk worth is a cure for warts.
A cure for a wisp in the eye is to rub the fasting spittle to it every morning until it is cured.
A cure for ringworm is to get some of the stuff that jobbers use for marking cows and to mix it with a quart of the stalest porter that can be found and to drink a wineglass full of the mixture for a couple of mornings or until the disease is cured.
A cure for a cold was to boil a raw onion in some milk with pepper and salt and a lump of butter and the drink was taken going to bed at night. This cure is still effective.
Swollen tonsils were eased by sucking ice.
A cure for lumps in the throat was a hot boiled potato, bruised and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Joan Dineen
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Dineen
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 30
- Occupation
- Bean feirmeora
