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School: Clondra, Longphort (roll number 13536)

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Cloondara, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Pilib Ó Fearghail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0755, Page 199

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    Cure for a sting: Put whiskey or blue to it until it is gone.
    Cure for a cold: Boil some sweet milk and get some mustard and put a sup of water on it. When the milk is boiled pour it on the mustard and drink it until you are better.
    Cure for a bite of a Dog: Pull a handful of hairs out of a dog and put them to the cut and it will not fester.
    Cure for a cough: Put a cup of buttermilk down in a saucepan on the fire; when it is boiled take it and put sugar on it and drink it and it will soften the cough.
    Cure for a stye in the eye: On the first Thursday and Monday point eight gooseberries to the eye. You have to pull nine and throw the ninth without pointing it and the stye will go.
    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
    Caitlin Ní h-Ainlighe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Fisherstown, Co. Longford
    Informant
    George Mc Gowan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    40
    Address
    Whitehall, Co. Roscommon