School: Castletown

Location:
Castletown, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Owen Maguire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0711, Page 279

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0711, Page 279

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  1. If you meet a black snail on a wet day and if you have any warts + rub it on them and he is supposed to cure them. If you get a sting of a nettle a dockin is supposed to cure it. These are the words you say when rubbing it on. "Dockin, Dockin stiff + stout take the sting of the nettle out." The cure for the trush is to get a man that never saw his father he will say some prayers. To put a stop to bleeding is to wash your eyes in cold tea. The cure for Chilblains is to rub Parafin Oil on them. The cure for a sty in your eye is to get nine gooseberry thorns and point them at the eye and say " A sty in your eye, it's a lie it's a lie." The cure for the toothache is to put tobacco into the tooth. The cure for the heartburn is to take breadsoda + water. The cure for the Hic-cough is to get a good fright. The cure for a burn is to put breadsoda on it + keep it from blistering. The cure of the toothache is to go into the blacksmiths shop and put a red iron to the tooth + you will never have the toothache again. The cure for a wart is to put a hole in a turnip + put salt into it
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English