School: Doire na Groighe (C.), An Bhán-tír (roll number 7451)

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1. Local Cures (continued)

   

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   stocking and put it up to the sore throat.

   Toothache
   1. To put brandy and pepper into the tooth.
   2. Pour boiling water over poppy seeds and leave to draw. Bathe the face with it Then pour boiling water on camamile flowers and make a poultice of them.

   Chilblains
   To slice a potato and sprinkle salt on it and leave it over-night. Then wash the chilblains with the juice.

   Corns
   To steep an ivy leaf in vinegar for a night and then put the ivy leaf on the corn for a night.

   Thrush
   To let a gander or goose screech down the patients throat.

   Headache
   To wash your face on the dew of the grass May morning and you are supposed not to get a headache for the year.
   2. To wash your head on Good Friday.

   Good health
   1. To eat three meals of nettles during the month of May is supposed to prevent sickness for the year.

   Skin disease
   1 To boil the bark of the Elder tree and mix it with fresh lard and sulphur. This heals any skin disease.

   Incurable diseases.
   1. To boil the red dandelion in water and give the patient the juice to drink.
   2. To give the patient white bread and plenty of currants to eat.

   Sprains
   1. To let cold water flow from a tap on the sprain
   2. To rub the sprain with goose grease

   Yellow
   To steep the seeds of the Barberry tree in porter and

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mr Peter Murphy

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   c. 60

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Island-dahill, Co. Cork