School: Duleek (B.) (roll number 6554)
- Location:
- Duleek, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Braonáin
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- Whooping Cough: Poultice of garlic and lard.
A boil on a whitlow can be cured by pounding ... until it is a soft mixture. Then it can be put on the sore to cure it.
The root of the marshmallow when it is boiled is good for curing a sprain. the comfrey root will cure sprain also.
When nettles are boiled with porridge they can be used to purify the blood in springtime.
If a person has a split lip it can be cured by the skin of the root of the dockleaf.
the dockleaf also cures sting of nettles
If a person get a sting of a wasp an onion rubbed hard on the sting will cure it. - If a person got a cut of a knife, they would put a raw bit of meat on it and it was cured.
Sore eyes: steep them in cold tea every night + morning
Boils: mix sugar and soap together and put it on the boil
Sprain: Pour cold water on it until you cannot shriek to the pain of the cold water. then dry it and put a strap round it as tight as anything and it will be all right- Collector
- Seumas Mac Cionnaith
- Gender
- Male