School: Dillonsbridge (roll number 8501)
- Location:
- Philpotstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: A.B. Ní Chumhaill
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The cure for a chilblain: rub a raw onion on it
The cure for a sprained ankle: tie brown paper soaked in vinegar around it
The cure for a corn: rub bluestone and lard on it
The cure for a boil: cover it with the skin of a boiled egg
The cure for a gumboil: steep your mouth with the juice of poppy heads
The cure for a sore-throat: put roasted salt around it
The cure for a headache: drink a strong cup of tea
The cure for the whooping cough: eat the food which the ferret leaves after him
Another cure Give a loaf of bread to a donkey and eat the crumbs he lets fall
If you have a wart put a snail on a thorn and while he is withering the wart will wither
A poultice of snails is the cure for mumps
Anyone who never saw his father has the cure for thrush
The cure for a whitlow: put a plantain leaf on it
Written by Joseph Swan
Lismullen
Navan
Told by Patrick Swan
Lismullen
Navan
- Collector
- Joseph Swan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lismullin, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Patrick Swan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lismullin, Co. Meath
