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School: Scoil na gCailíní, Iomaire Buidhe (roll number 9818)

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Ummeraboy East, Co. Cork
Teacher:
E. Bean Uí Shuibhne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0355, Page 380

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    A cure for a sore eye was to rub a golden ring to it. If a person had scars in their hands and if they washed them in urine t'would cure them. Three drops of urine on top of the head is a safeguard against infectious disease.
    Sulphur and treacle mixed will cure pimples or rash. A cupful of lime water taken before the breakfast is goof for the blood. Dandelion collected while in bloom and made into wine is a cure for stomach trouble. If you caught a lizard and rubbed him to your tongue any burn that you would lick afterwards would cure in a very short time. The rough side of a cabbage leaf will draw a sore and the smooth side will heal a sore.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Riordan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Islandbrack, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Eugene Riordan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    78
    Address
    Islandbrack, Co. Cork