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School: Fota Island, Belvelly, Cóbh (roll number 11646)

Location:
Foaty, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Coileáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0386, Page 118

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    Doctor bled you long ago --- draw blood out of a vein - to take the badness out of you.
    Ground ivy - great for a cough. Dry it in the sun, put into a pot with water. Draw like tea.
    Measles.
    Sheep's droppings boiled with milk and strained.
    Whooping Cough
    (1) Child put three times under a donkeys stomach. Donkey to have a well defined cross on his back
    (2) A snail put in a bottle also milk after a ferret
    Cuts.
    Bleeding finger immersed in urine
    A cobweb for a deep cut. Also herb Selfheal
    Stye on Eye.
    Fasting Spit. A gooseberry thorn or gold ring applied also
    Toothache.
    A Mouthful of Grass off a grave.
    Scale on Eye.
    Lumps sugar
    Rheumatism.
    Yarrow
    Poultices
    Sea-weed also cow dung.
    Tonic.
    Wild Sage boiled.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    James Collins
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    83
    Address
    Rosslague, Co. Cork