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School: Carraig Thuathail (B.)

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Carrigtohill, Co. Cork
Teacher:
John Bowdren
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0385, Page 054

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    leave cold water flow on it.
    Buttermilk penny leaves and oatenmeal is a poultice for a boil.
    Put a cut of fat bacon on a boil to draw it and prevent it from spreading.
    Turpentine is a great cure for a deep cut.
    Bainnicín na n-éan is a cure for warts.
    Heat porter and squeeze the sheep's droppings in it for measles.
    Train[?] oil and sulpher is a cure for ringworm.
    Tar is s cure for ringworm in cattle.
    A rub of a marriage ring is a cure for a wisp.
    Wax a cure for a méiscre also cream or candle grease.
    Salt is good to keep away blood poison.
    Blue is a cure for a sting of a bee.
    Paraffin oil is a great cure for scour in calves.
    A cure for the thrush is to have a person who never saw his father to blow his breath on the child.
    Ash leaves:- Laxative and purgative. Useful in case of gout and arthritis.
    Blackberry:- An excellent tonic. Useful in cases of diarrhoea.
    Blackcurrant:- for hoarseness and sore throat.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Willie J. Daly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrigtohill, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Thomas Fitzgerald
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    59
    Address
    Ballyadam, Co. Cork