School: Inis (B.) (roll number 15042)
- Location:
- Ennis, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Seoirse Ó Maoldhomhnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0609, Page 426
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- Old Cures I heards the following cures from my grandfather who lives in Old Mill Street.
Yellow Jaundice. Boil the Barberyand drink the juice.
Chin Cough. Give milk to a ferret and drink the leavings of the ferret.
A Toothache. Make a past of mustard and put it outside your jaw.
Ring-Worm. Write your name in block letters around the ring worms.
Cut Finger. Put a cobweb to a cut and it will stop the blood.
Headache. Soak a cloth in vinegar and put it to your head.
Heart-burn. Eat a crust of bread.
- Collector
- Robert Fraser
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Old Mill Street, Co. Clare
- Informant
- John-Joe Fox
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 72
- Address
- Old Mill Street, Co. Clare
