School: Cnoc an Chláraigh, Séipéal na Carraige (roll number 14002)
- Location:
- Knockaclarig, Co. Cork
- Teacher: David Ó Ceallacháin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0356, Page 422
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- Old Cures
Pepper and alum mixed with gin toothache
Slantus - chew and spit it out on a cut
march malice - Boiled in milk used as a lotion.
The man riding the grey horse. He has a cure for whooping cough
Whey is a cure for stomach ailment
The sevent child that never saw his father has a cure for trush
Eartworms pounded up and mixed with porter cure for yellow Jaundice
moss used for stopping cuts bleeding
A half pound of hogs lard one pound of hogs land one pound of butter two pints of milk all boiled together for a cure for whooping cough
A cold stone on the note on the nafe of the neek to stoop bleeding from the nose.
Spit under a stone for pain in the side and also bless yourself three times.
Cabbage leaf to a burn(continues on next page)
