School: Gleannach (Glenough) (roll number 8224)
- Location:
- Glenough Lower, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Bean Uí Bhreasail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0583, Page 314
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“Mix a small bit of lard and white precipitite powder for scabs.”
(continued from previous page)For sore eyes bathe them in cold tea every morning and evening.
Laurel lef plaster. The larl leaf boiled in grease and put into a cloth and placed on a burn cures it.
Get a male fern and dry it is good for Anthony's fire.
Juice of a dockleaf for nettle rash
Young cabbage roasted on a fire and mixed with fresh lard is good for healing sores.
Washing soda dissolved in water and rubbed on ringworms cures them.
A small bit of unsalted lard and 1 oz of sulphur mixed together and rubbed on rash cures it.
The beaten white of an egg mixed with about a spoon of honey and thickened with a pinch of flour is good for drawing boils.
Poultice of bran sprinkled with vinegar is good to remove a swelling
Salt and water is a good gargle for sore throat.
Heat wax and rub it to splits in the hands and it will cure them
For chilblains take the centre(continues on next page)