School: Cloontagh, Killashee (roll number 14650)

Location:
Cloontamore, Co. Longford
Teacher:
John J. Hanrahan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0754, Page 292

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  1. 1. A cure for warts is to dip them in forge water.
    Another cure is to rub the milk of the seven sisters on them.
    Another cure is to pull a straw out of the thatch and throw it on the road and whoever picks up the straw will take the warts.
    2. A cure for a swoolen face is cammomile flowers streamed and poultice the sore part with it.
    3. A cure for chincough is to out under and asses belly three times.
    4. A cure for a cold is flax-seed and garlick mixed.
    5. A cure for sore eyes is calmnata supliment and white coppers and unsalted butter
    6. A cure for biles is to tar with water and take a glass of it every morning
    7. A cure for toothache is to put tobacco into it
    8. A cure for an ear ache is to put a roast turnip at the back of the ear
    9. Breams grease is a cure for pains
    10. Ferrets milk is a cure for whooping cough
    11. A cure for a burn is to rub soda on it
    12. There is a cure for consumption in donkeys milk
    13. There is a cure for a swelling in hemlock
    14. Planten leaf is a cure for a cut
    15. A cure for rheumatism is frogs spawn buried for a year in a bottle and then rubbed on
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English