School: Sráid na Cathrach (C.) (roll number 8851)
- Location:
- Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Úna, Bean Uí Bhriain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0622, Page 455
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- The old people had many cures for the various diseases.
For a sore eye it was a cure to look through a gold ring through the largest window in the house.
Dandelion tea made with porter and brown sugar is a cure for a bad stomach. It is very good for a delicate person.
Sore heads were cured by poultising them with potato starch. This would remove the sores and leaves the scalp clear.
A little asses milk is great for the whooping cough.
Ferrets leavings are good for whooping cough also.
A boy who never saw his father can cure graos galar by blowing his breath three times on the person affected.
Wild carrot eaten raw is a cure for dropsy.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Fitzgerald
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrowkeel, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Mrs Fitzgerald
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- c. 50
- Address
- Carrowkeel, Co. Clare
