School: An Mhainistir, Malla (roll number 12519)
- Location:
- Mallow, Co. Cork
- Teacher: An Bráthair Lúcás
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0369, Page 533
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- (continued from previous page)Corns 4.
(a) Go out walking in the dew
(b) The juice got from a dandelion is good for corns.
Sprains 5.
(a) Get a plant by the name of cumphrey; boil the root and rub to the sprain
Rheumatism 6.
(a) Get nettles and heat the person until his body is very hot.
(b) eat water-cress
Colds 7.
(a) Eat nettles in May and you will not be sick in the winter.
(b) Drink a cup of hot milk with butter and pepper in it.
(c) There lived in Mill Street a woman named Mrs. Kealy. Every day she used to go to the mountain (Millers Bog) to gather herbs. These she made into a mixture which was good for colds.
Consumption 8.
Get the bark of a certain tree (I could not get the name), boil for two hours with a glass of stout. Let it there for 2 days. Then drink a wine glass of it every morning.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mr Keating
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Mallow, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mrs Flynn
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Mallow, Co. Cork
