School: Cnoc na Groighe (B.), Ráth Mhór (roll number 1685)
- Location:
- Knocknagree, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ó Muimhneacháin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0357, Page 265
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- (continued from previous page)Sore Eye: Goat's milk or black tea was used to wash it.
Tea and white copperice was left draw like tea, strained through clean muslin cothand then applied with a quill
A person's fasting spittle
Sore-Throat: Gargle it with salt and water.
The fox-glove or fairy-thimble when made into broth was used as a cure.
Twist the stocking of the left leg around the throat the part which covered the shin-bone to be placed over the sore part
Headache: Rub it with white vinegar
A spoon of salts in half a cup of water.
Burn: Rub the white of an egg to it.
Lick a lizzard and then lick the burn.
Soda was placed on it.(continues on next page)
