School: Rathfeigh (roll number 10281)
- Location:
- Rathfeigh, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Mrs Rose Madden
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0686, Page 257
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Rathfeigh
- XML Page 257
- XML “Cures”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- (continued from previous page)thistle boiled well, and then drink the juice.(9) March mallow is supposed to cure Wild Fire.(10) If you put a gold ring three times to ring-worm it is supposed to cure it.(11) The early spring is supposed to cure a rash.
(12) If you mix the mullen plant, dandelion and the planting leaf together it is supposed to cure consumption.(13) Wart weed will cure warts.(14) The cure for eczema is to get some boiled starch and dip pieces of clean linen cloths in it and then place on the affected parts every day until the skin gets clean.(15) The cure for broken chill-blains is to dust some dry starch on them.(16) A good blood purifier is to drink lime water and nettle water mixed.(17) A cure for a whittle is to get some bees wax, black wax and vaseline. Mix well and apply to the affected(continues on next page)
