School: Naomh Peadar, Droichead Átha (roll number 11072)
- Location:
- Drogheda, Co. Louth
- Teacher: S. Mac Maoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0680, Page 126
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- A cure for whooping cough is to get two grass mice. Ordinary mice would not do, & to roast them into ashes & mix the ashes with milk & give this mixture to the sick person.
The juice of a dandelion is used to cure warts.
Another cure for a wart is to rub a snail or some meal on it, & to stick the snail on a thorn bush, & as the snail withers, so will the wart wither. Dissolve some washing soda in boiling water & steep the wart in it - the wart will disappear.
"Dockin" leaves are used to cure nettle stings.
A cure for a sty on the eye is to rub nine thorns on it, one by one, by a person who has never seen his father, & to throw the last one over the shoulder.
A cure for "thrush" is to mix two tablespoonfuls of borax with one tablespoon of honey & to rub it on the mouth. The same thing is used to cure a sore lip.
Mullen leaves stewed in milked are used to cure consumption.
A cure for whooping cough is to slice turnips in a saucer & brown sugar is put over them.
The juice extracted from the turnips is given to(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Louie Matthews
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Skylea, Co. Louth
