School: Gleann Bruacháin (C.), Cnoc Luinge (roll number 12614)
- Location:
- Glenbrohane, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Bríd, Bean Uí Sheighin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0511, Page 527
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- (continued from previous page)A Cure for a cut, Chew a leaf of "snarless" & put chewed leaf to cut. It will never fester but dry up quickly.For sore mouth, (inside) get child, born after death of father, to breathe into mouth & relief is instantly felt. Honey put on teat of bottle also gives immediate relief. Alds a mixture of honey and borax is used to cleanse the mouth.For sore nose or catarrah - apply a little vaseline at bed-time to bridge of nose.For warts - another cure is to tie a silk string tightly round it.For Ringworm, write your name round it with pen and ink.For bleeding from the Nose, put a key of a door down the back of the neck of the sufferer & make her keep her head back.For toothache, put a frog into your mouth.For sciatica, give the injured limb a good burning with nettles.For pain in the side, spit on a stone & turn it up side down.For bunions, fill a match box or a cigarette box with small stones, some of which have been rubbed to bunion & put on the road. Person who finds them & takes them up gets bunion.(continues on next page)
