School: Duleek (B.) (roll number 6554)

Location:
Duleek, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Braonáin
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  1. 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.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. 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
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seumas Mac Cionnaith
    Gender
    Male