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 267
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- (continued from previous page)Herbs for a sore head: Sew ivy leaves together and roast and apply them as a plaster to the head
Obstruction: Apply hot covers (of pots) wrapped in flannel to the side.
Lumps in the throat: Pound white resin and wrap it in a cloth and out it to the throat.
Rheumatism: Put a large turf fire down and when it had reddened spread it on the floor and remove it when the floor is hot. Get a "heart" of green rushes and put a thin sheet on the rushes and lay the patient on it and cover him with two blankets and leave him there until he has sweated.
Pains in the bones: Turnpentine from a tree is good for them.
Indigestion: A spoon of soda put into a cup of water and drunk is a cure for indigestion.(continues on next page)
