School: Cnoc na Groighe (B.), Ráth Mhór (roll number 1685)
- Location:
- Knocknagree, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ó Muimhneacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0357, Page 266
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- (continued from previous page)Plants for a burn-a glass of Linseed Oil, a glass of Lime-water a glass of cream mixed well in a bottle until the cream almost turns to butter.
Batt Hickey Mount [Caine]? aged 55 - Recipe use by his mother.
Olive Oil and Lime Water (Patrick Cronin Scrahan 85 years).
Lime-water was used as a cure for a burn.
Plasters for a Sore: To get a candle rusting in a brass candle-stick and melt in with a piece of soap and put them on the sore. To melt soap and sugar and put them on the sore.
Herbs for a sprain: Boil a plant called Marsh Mallows and apply it to the sprain
This plant was also good for pains in the legs.
Herbs for a bad stomach: To boil a plant called caisearbhán caol dearg or dandelion and draw it like tea and drink it fasting in the morning
This plant was also good for a headache when used similarly
Herbs to stop vomiting: Boil a herb called sa bheárna and drink the liquid made from it.
A spoon of soda put into hot water and drunk was a cure for vomiting.(continues on next page)
