School: Poll an Chapaill, Mullinahone (roll number 14181)
- Location:
- Poulacapple West, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Seán Ó h-Icidhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0560, Page 172
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- (continued from previous page)times saying "In the name of the father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, for sickness.
A snail put between two clocks, and left over night, cures boils.
Sheep's droppings boiled in milk, cures Measles
Cows manure for swelling.
Soot and salt for washing teeth.
If a person was suffering from Gods fire, he should go to a person named Cahil. He would draw his own blood and put it on the sore three times.
Bees wax and Olive Oil would cure Chilblains
Brine would cure Chilblains
Burn an old shoe, hold it on your nose, if you have a bad nose.
- Long ago, people had no doctors, and they had to cure all ailments themselves.
Hounds Tongue is an herb which is got on the hill-side was the cure for a burn.
Dog-root was the cure for Farcy in a horse, and a sting of a nettle
The milk of a dandelion cures a wart
Dog-leaf would cure yellow Jaundice(continues on next page) - Collector
- Patrick Burke
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 16
- Address
- Kylefreaghane, Co. Tipperary
