School: Easgéiphtine (B.) (roll number 2039)
- Location:
- Askeaton, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Donncha Mac Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0503, Page 252
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- The people in this district had a lot of their own cures long ago but some of those are gone now. When a person's hand is full of "Warts" people say that a weed known as wart weed will cure them. Other people say that washing soap will cure them by rubbing it to the hand every night.
If a person had a boil in their neck they would put a bottle to it and draw the bad stuff that might be in it. People would also poultice it with bread and hot water. When a person has a stye in their eye they would put their mother's wedding ring around it making the sign of the cross three times before eating. When a person has chillblains they say if you put a hot onion on it before going to bed it would get better. When a person would get a sting of a nettle, people would tell you to get a dock leaf and squeeze the juice out of it.
- Collector
- Thomas Cullinan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 15
- Address
- Askeaton, Co. Limerick
