School: Ceathrú na hAille (Carnahallia) (roll number 7416)
- Location:
- Cahernahallia, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Máirtín Ó Madadhain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0540, Page 330
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- (continued from previous page)“Outer”- a skin cure. kills lice. Poison
Prescription: 1 lb. of Hop’s Lard.
1/2 Pt. sweet oil.
1/2 Pt. turpentine
2 ozs. Bees Wax.
2 ozs. Mercury.
Melt lard & Bees Wax. Add turpentine & S. oil. Keep stirring. Add mercury. Compounded into an ointment. Preserve in jar.
Slánlus for burn.
Sulphate of Zinc dissolved in boiled water -strong or weak as desired. 1 oz. to Pt. for soft eyes.
Marshmallow for chilblains
Gilcock for Kidney trouble - stew for hours
Root of fern - wash well. Boil. bottle and give glass every morning
Bear’s tongue for lumbago. boil in milk
Yarrow for lumbago
Mick (? ) - Mac an Gabha. Fluid son BSmith
healing passes (? ) seventh son in succession. Seventh daughter.
Bone setting runs in families.
Jaundice
Celandine stewed in milk for Stomach troubles.(continues on next page)
