School: Tobberclair
- Location:
- Toberclare, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Seán Ó Briain
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In this locality there are a great many cures which the people use. Some of them are to rub dandelions on a wart and it will be cured. If wet salt is rubbed on chilblains it will keep them from crusting. Docken is used for the sting of a nettle, and a bluerag should be rubbed on the sting of a wasp or bee. Roasted potatoes and roasted salt when put in an old stocking and put around a sore throat will cure it. If you had a sty on your eye you should point a goosberry thron to the eye niine times for nine mornings and it will be cured.
Oatmeal and hot buttermilk is supposed to cure a burn. Turnip water is supposed to cure sore feet. The Garlic is supposed to cure the blackleg in cattle. If a person had the Chin Cough, and if you stole a piece of bread from a married people and eat it the Chin Cough would be cured.
The cure of the Black Snail.
If you find a Black Snail without being actually looking for it and rub it on the wart saying in the Name of the Father of the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Lizzie Keegan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilkenny West, Co. Westmeath
