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School: Ardaghy, Omeath

Location:
Ardaghy, Co. Louth
Teacher:
B. Mac Craith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0658, Page 138

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    A sore throat:
    Tie a stocking round your neck going to bed at night and it will cure it.
    For warts:
    Get a snail and tie it to a bush and as the snail withers, the wart does likewise.
    A cough:
    Take a drink of hot buttermilk going to bed at night and it will cure it.
    A sore ear:
    Put cotton wool in it and it will cure it.
    For a horse with colic:
    Drench her with hot ale and ground ginger.
    For a horses cold:
    Get dock leaves and boil them and give them to her.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Laurence O' Hanlon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    12
    Address
    Cornamucklagh, Co. Louth
    Informant
    Laurence O' Hanlon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Cornamucklagh, Co. Louth