1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Rathregan

School: Rathregan (roll number 9846)

Location:
Rathregan, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Uigín
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0687, Page 306

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0687, Page 306

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Rathregan
  2. XML Page 306
  3. XML “Cures”
  4. 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

  1. Cures (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    cures.
    Cure of a burn is Vaseline and Zinc-ointment mixed in equal pasts.
    Nicholas Walsh 22nd February 1938
    I got this from my grandfather.
    Nicholas O, Brien.
    Thorntown Kilsakaghan,
    Co, Dublin.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit

  2. Cures

    Share Share Post
    Cures
    Cure of chilblans is paraffin oil and sulphur mixed provided they are not broken.
    Cure of the burn is Vaseline and Zinc - ointment mixed in equal parts.
    May butter is known as being one of the best ointment to cure anything but it must be unsalted. The reason is in that month the herbs are at their fullest.
    Blast ointment is made
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sheila Ennis
    Gender
    Female