School: Duleek (B.) (roll number 6554)
- Location:
- Duleek, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Braonáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0682, Page 296
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- The cure they had for pains in the legs was to lie on wheat chaff mixed with a little ... chaff
the cure they had for hiccough was to give the person a fright ..................................
The cure they had for warts was to wash them in forge water
The cure they had for heartburn was to drink butter-milk with breadsoda mixed in it
Sean OConchubhair ó na scanaiar Roscarna na Cuimini (76)
- Honey and the root of the daffodil pounded will draw forth thorn or ....
To get rid of warts: get an ... straw and put a knot on it, nd rub it on each wart and say ' in the name of the Father' ( 3 times) Then hen you have this done go and bury it and tell nobody where you buried it.
For a bad chest: rub butter that was churned on the 1st day of May.
For Chillblains: cut on onion into 2 parts and rub it on them and they will be cured
For a sore throat dip a silk handkerchief in spring water, and tie it on the neck and it will be cured in a couple of days.
For a burn: steep it with buttermilk every morning and evening
For the dry murrain in cattle: give the beast paraffin oil mixed with linseed oil
For the blood murrain in cattle: give the beast buttermilk with salt in it
Philip Sully, Balsara from James Curley (50) - Collector
- Philip Tully
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Balsaran, Co. Meath
- Informant
- James Curley
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Balsaran, Co. Meath
