School: Báinseach, Cill Chaoi (roll number 11714)
- Location:
- Kildeema, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Donncha Mac Cárthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0625, Page 309
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- (continued from previous page)to a sty three times and make the sign of the cross while rubbing it, it is a great cure for a sty. A great cure for sore eyes is cold tea.If you would bury a piece of fat meat in the dung pit and when it rots the wart would fall off.
- The Rucrapeist is a knot made over the calf's back to cure the colic or gripe.
Garlic and boiled milk is good for the chin-cough.
If one licked an " Artluacra " and if you licked a burn then it would cure it.
If you could get a dog to lick a wound it is great to cure it.
To drink potheen is great to cure sick people
A cover of a foal when dried is great to cure a sore lip when pasted to it.(continues on next page) - Collector
- John O' Shea
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs Cunningham
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 42
- Address
- Tullaher, Co. Clare
