School: Duleek (B.) (roll number 6554)
- Location:
- Duleek, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Braonáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0682, Page 294
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- (continued from previous page)The cure for worms in a horse is to give it chopped furse to eat. For worms in a dog, give it finely chopped horse hair.
The cure for consumption is to drink plenty of goats milk.
There is a weed called 'Robin run the Hedge' and there is a cure for anything wrong with the lumps on it.
There is another cure for warts. If you find a hole of water lying in a rock, put the wort in the water and when the water is gone from the hole the wart will be gone too.
To eat leaves of raw dandelion is good for consumption.
And the cure for anything of the lungs is to eat plenty of raw eggs.Seamus O'Gormáin, ó Liam O'Gormáin, Bóthar an Staisiún, Damhliag. (50-60).
- 2. If you wash your hands in St. Ciaran's well in Carnaran (Kells) it will cure the warts.
The juice of dandelion will also cure warts.
Burns. When you get a burn on your hand turn around and hang your hand over the fire and it will take the force out of it.
Cuts. Wash your hand in paraffin oil.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Ronan Brennan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Duleek, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Kit Gallagher
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Duleek, Co. Meath
