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School: Lowtown (B.), Galbally

Location:
Galbally, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Ceallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0513, Page 012

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    A fasting spit is good for a boil. When a tooth falls out it is thrown over the head not to get a pain. A nail out of a graveyard is a cure for toothache. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Onions are good for corns. Boiling water and bread soda is a cure for heart-burn. A black cloth hung out on the eve of St. Brigid's Day which is the 1st of February is a cure for a headache supposed to be brought in on the feast day. Cold tea is a cure for sore eyes. A cure for a sty is to make the sign of the cross on it with a marriage ring and look through the ring. The best cure for a pain in the stomach is to make the sign of the cross on the road.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mícheál Ó Cuimín
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs P. Fitgerald
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Galbally, Co. Limerick