School: Cill an Daingin, Nenagh (roll number 6658)
- Location:
- Killadangan, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó hOgáin
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- (continued from previous page)For a burn oil should be thrown on the sore part. Roasted laurel leaves and hard or wet bread-soda are also used as cures for a burn. There is a weed called 'black-foot' and when mixed with lard it is supposed to cure a burn.
Dock-leaves when wet, or bread-soda will stop the pain of a sting of a nettle.
There is an old rhyme about the sting of a nettled:-
If you gently catch a nettle,
It will sting you for your
pains,
Grasp it like a lad of metal,
And it like silk remains,
Blue or ink will cure the sting of a wasp or bee.
Roasted onions put into the ear cure ear-ache
Salty water is a cure for a sore throat. Dried salt in your stocking and roll it round your is also very good for a sore throat.
When you have a swelling you should get the marshmallow weed and pound(continues on next page)- Collector
- Lizzie Starr
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lisquillibeen, Co. Tipperary
- Collector
- Maisie Cleary
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killadangan, Co. Tipperary
- Collector
- Margaret Starr
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lisquillibeen, Co. Tipperary
- Collector
- Maura Collins
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knockanacartan, Co. Tipperary
- Collector
- Mickie Hogan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Larkin's Hill, Co. Tipperary
- Collector
- Peg Cleary
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Annagh, Co. Tipperary
- Collector
- Rita Morrissey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Prospect East, Co. Tipperary
- Collector
- Sally Darcy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rockview, Co. Tipperary
- Collector
- Sara Hogan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Larkin's Hill, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Mr John Cleary
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Annagh, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Mr John Collins
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Knockanacartan, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Mrs Cleary
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 41
- Address
- Killadangan, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Mrs Hogan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Larkin's Hill, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Mrs Kennedy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Knockanacartan, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Mrs O' Meara
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 85
- Address
- Rockview, Co. Tipperary